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if the diarrhoea returns ; as such relapses often 

 cause the death of an animal considered out of 

 danger. 



Such, then, farmers and graziers, is the 

 treatment to be opposed to the ox typhus : it 

 is simple as respects the remedies, and I have 

 deemed that it ought to be so, in order that 

 the medicines prescribed might be had every- 

 where, and at a cost which the poor man could 

 command as well as the rich. The disease 

 is variable, it is not always equally deadly ; 

 and there comes a moment when in some sort 

 it cures itself, with a little assistance and 

 watching. The great point is, to be careful 

 and vigilant, to attend to nature and the in- 

 stincts of the suffering cattle, and lend your- 

 selves to both. 



I cannot reproduce here the instructions 

 given by the Privy Council to protect your 

 cattle from contagion, and above all not to 

 propagate it, but I shall refer you to Doctor 

 Thudichum's Memorandum, page 257. This 

 exposition is too complete to need anything 

 added to it by me ; study it well ; let it be 

 your monitor and guide ; read it over again 

 and again ; your own interests and those of the 



