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of August, unmistakeably of the cattle plague. The 

 third calf was sent to the Royal Veterinary College, 

 where it also died. By the 9th of August four cows 

 and the bull were seized with the disease so virulently 

 that it was thought necessary to kill them after three 

 days' illness. On the 12th a cow and a heifer were 

 also destroyed, and on the 14th one of the sucking 

 calves died. Thus, out of a herd of nineteen animals, 

 twelve had died within a fortnight. The malady had 

 taken so strong and sudden a hold upon them that 

 no systematic means of remedy could be applied 

 except separation, warmth, stimulants, and the medi- 

 cines ordinarily given in cases of cold and fever. On 

 the 13th of August two more cows were pronounced 

 incurable by two of the veterinary surgeons who had 

 been called in ; but it was determined, upon further 

 advice, to try a mode of treatment upon them not 

 hitherto adopted. One drachm of calomel was 

 administered in gruel, four hours afterwards one pint 

 of castor oil, and three hours later one quart of yeast. 

 About two quarts of warm porter were added to a 

 gruel of yeast and oatmeal, and given at intervals. 

 These remedies acted most efficiently, and in one case 

 gave much encouragement. The next day the cow 

 began to eat hay, to chew her cud, and to yield a 

 good quantity of milk. These remedies, together 

 with bi-sulphate of soda, which invariably produced 

 a return of the milk, and quinine, were then tried 

 upon four other patients, with varied success. But in 

 the end all these cows died, not, it is believed, of the 

 cattle murrain, but of exhaustion occasioned by the 

 activity of the drugs administered to them. This 



