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had also noticed a disease in swine apparently exactly similar 

 to human diphtheria, and had remarked that at Braughing 

 both the swine and horses suffered from sore throat imme- 

 diately after the epidemic among the human beings. 



In January, 1886, having been called upon to investigate an 

 epidemic of diphtheria at Brent Pelham (Herts), he found that 

 in the cottage in which the first cases occurred a kitten had 

 previously suffered from a throat aflfection, attended by swelling 

 of the neck, foul discharge from the nostrils, and "running" at 

 the eyes. Two cats had died at the general shop in the village, 

 and the shop-keeper himself subsequently suffered. Similar 

 disease existed among the cats at Aldershot, in Hants, at Farn- 

 ham and Yateley, in Surrey, and at Petersfield, in Sussex. At 

 Petersfield it was clear that a cat had been infected by diph- 

 theritic children. Moreover the cats in a row of houses in 

 which the disease had been prevalent were noticed to be ailing. 



Fig. 39. — Portion of a Diphtheritic Membrane. Numerous Micrococci 

 ars seen to be present. 



Their throats were swollen, and there was discharge from the 

 eyes and nose. 



At Moulton (Suffolk) some children were ill of diphtheria 

 in a cottage at some distance from the village. They were 

 confined to the upper rooms of their cottage, and no food which 

 had been offered to the sick children was set before the others. 

 It was given to the cat. This animal subsequently suffered 

 very severely, but eventually recovered. 



In the British Medical Journal of January 3, 1885, there is 

 an account of some experiments by Dr. C. J. Renshaw, who 

 seems to have succeeded in inoculating cats with diphtheria by 

 means of diphtheria material of man. 



At Moulton, the iBrst case of diphtheria at a farmhouse 

 occurred shortly after a horse on the farm had died of strangles, 

 while the second was that of a stable attendant. In the neigh- 

 bouring village of Ouseden, a man who had recently recovered 



