^^otes to Introductory Lecture, Ixvii 



Wernei'ian Nat. Hist. Soe. Edinburgh, vol. 1. ISll. Mr. 

 Peters informs me that he cures it by small pills of camphor, 

 given twioe a day. 



J^Totcs 48, 49. 



Gentleman's Magazine, 1790, page 497. 

 eVofe 50. 



Mr. Lawrence, <^ Philosophical and practical treatise on 

 liorses," has justly ridiculed, and with much pleasantry, the 

 absurd farrago of nostrums administered by farriers. 



JS^ofe 51. 



I was told by an intelligent drover, that it is the cattle 

 from the district of the long-leaved pine, that possess the 

 power of diseasing other cattle. This species is the Finns 

 Jlustralis of jMicliaux, Pinus Patustris of Linnaeus, the pitch 

 pine, yellow pine, red pine, or broom pine. According to 

 Michaux, the country occupied by this pine commences near 

 Norfolk, and continues in a south west direction for 250 

 leagues in length, and 40 to 50 in breadth. See Histoire des 

 Jlrhres Forestiers de VJlmer, Septent, Paris, 1810. I would 

 be very thankful for any information on the subject of the 

 disease in question. AV^e see something similar to the dis- 

 ease produced among northern cattle, by mixing with those 

 from the south, in the human race. During the revolution 

 war in the United States, the mixture of southern with 

 northern troops, speedily induced disease, if encamped to- 

 gether, although both had been previously healthy. Se^ 

 Rush's AVorks, vol. 1. In like manner, the mixture of the 

 crews of ships of different nations, at sea, has often produ- 

 ced disease. See Blane's diseases of seamen, page 235 ; and 

 the arrival of a stranger at St. Kilda, one of the remote and 

 small western islands of Scotland, produces a catarrh among 

 the inhabitants. — Martin's History of the Western Islands, 

 page 284. The case of the South Carolina cattle is however 

 peculiar. We do not find that those from other states pro- 

 duce a similar complaint, or any other, when mixed with the 

 stock of Pennsylvania. The fatal disease alluded to, that 

 Vot. Ill, i 



