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"The Esurgo 'farmers, following Dr. Pessina's prescription, 

 gave a drench regularly every hour to each sick animal. 



" 1. Strong Oxen. — Fifteen to twenty drenches, each com- 

 posed of two quarts of water and three-quarters of an ounce 

 of muriatic acid. 



"2. Strong Cows. — The same drenches, but with only- 

 half an ounce of muriatic acid. 



"3. Two-year-old Cattle. — Ten to twelve drenches, two 

 quarts of water, with half an ounce of muriatic acid. 



"4. Year-old Calves. — Eight to ten drenches, one quart 

 of water, with a quarter of an ounce of muriatic acid. 



"5. Sucking Calves. — Eight to ten drenches, one pint of 

 water, with half a quarter of an ounce of the acid. 



" These drenches, given neither cold nor hot, but in a luke- 

 warm state, will effect the whole cure of the disease, if only at 

 its commencement, or not too far gone, provided they be given 

 continuously, hour by hour, either through the day or the night. 

 The more ill-conditioned the form of the murrain, the stronger 

 will the dose be required to combat the evil. 



"After administering the foregoing amount of drenches, 

 nothing further is to be given for the succeeding twenty-four 

 hours than gruel-drinks, and the more the animal can then take 

 of these the more certain is their recovery, as an animal never 

 dies of the disease, when, after the muriatic acid drenches, it 

 begins to take drink." 



The " Times^' also publishes letters from Mr. Redcliffe who 

 speaks of the pulmonary complaint with typhoid symptoms. 

 Mr. Gamgee describes the true rinderpest — contagious typhus 

 or murrain of the steppe ; Dr. Greenhow speaks of the 

 murrain as " lung disease," but the probability is, that there are 

 not three kinds of murrain, but three different stages in which 

 it has been seen by as many different persons, at various times. 



In the early stage, it probably constitutes a catarrhal 

 affection of the membrane lining the respiratory passages, 

 accompanied by febrile symptoms, and the usual prostration 

 which always occurs in diseases of epizootic origin. By 

 proper treatment in this stage, — when the lungs are not 

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