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are alike subject to this disorder, though it does not 

 appear, as has been asserted, to attack either sheep 

 or horses. " It is certain," says our author, " that 

 where the fluids of the animals which have thus died, 

 are received into the human system, whether by a 

 wound, more or less recent, or sometimes through 

 the skin itself, though wholly unbroken, they pro- 

 duce inflammation and mortification, which frequent- 

 ly ends in death. Thus butchers cooks, tanners, 

 &c. occasionally fall victims to this disorder." It is 

 a fresh proof of Camper's zeal for science, that not- 

 withstanding the hazard he thereby incurred, he 

 made accurate examinations after death, and mi- 

 nutely recorded the morbid appearances he discover- 

 ed in these animals. 



Nor are these the only valuable contributions 

 which Camper has supplied to the veterinary art. 

 u In Friesland, the name of Bilzucht is attached to 

 a disease which attacks young calves in all seasons of 

 the year, in winter and summer, in the stable-yards 

 and in the meadows. In a few days, without any 

 previous warning, it produces death. It consists of 

 a swelling, which usually appears on their thighs and 

 haunches, and more rarely on their shoulders. It 

 then very rapidly produces mortification, which is not 

 confined to the swelling, but pervades all the neigh- 

 bouring muscles, and penetrates even to the bone. 

 It is always incurable, and death is the certain con- 

 I have dissected the parts after death ; 



