-xxxit ^ On eomparative Aiatotmj, and the 



111 this countrv, and dogs in Switzeiland according to Mr. 

 Coxe. From my inquiries into tliis complaint, as it ex- 

 ists in the United States, I have ascertained that it invaria- 

 bly disappears when the land is well cultivated, and drained. 

 But the fact is far otherwise in the other quarters of the 

 globe ; (here it seems to be indissolubly connected with the 

 climate and soil. 



Calves are also subject to tlie croup or hives,« and dogs, 

 sheep and hogs to inveterate cutaneous eruptions. 



Dr. Sims, president of the Medical Society of London, 

 says he knows the mange-in dogs and cats will give the itch, 

 and that of two sorts, the one being evidently larger than 

 tae o(!,er;« and a friend of mine was aiTecfcd with a lar^e 

 mistule, similar to (he chicken pock, from touching his face 

 after handling an impoi-(ed merino sheep, at tJic time the 

 aumial was affected with the disease called by the French 

 clav^eau, or sheep-pock. Poultry have (heir peculiar diseases! 

 as the gaps in fowls," and dropsy in the craws of turkeys. 



If we consider the present state of animal medicine in this 

 country, under its appellation of farriery, we see it in as de- 

 plorable a situation, as was the art of n.edicine, during the 

 barbarous ages, when the gross ignorance of its professors 

 brought disgrace upon the art itself, and when many disea- 

 ses, which now yield readily to judicious treatment, raged 

 without controul 5 yet that the veterinary art, like humaa 

 medicine, in the hands of a judicious person, is made respect- 

 able, we may see by the example of ancient times, and by 

 the present example of several nations of Europe. If we 

 Jook into ancient history, we find that before the downfall 

 of the Roman empire, which crushed in its ruins all arts and 

 sciences, veterinary medicine was esteemed among the most 

 important objects, and worthy the consideration of an in- 

 quiring mind. Connected on the one hand with human me- 

 dicine, and on the other with agriculture, it both enlarged 

 the stock of human knowledge, amj improved an imiiortant 



