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England and Ireland. Insects in Ireland. Diseases of Plants. 

 Ramazzini, Diseases in Italy. Glossanthrax in Switzerland. Pul- 

 monic Disease among Cattle in Hesse. Epizootic Catarrh among 

 Horses. Ergotism in Alan and Animals. Epizootic Ekzema in 

 Hesse. Glossanthrax in Sweden. The Small-pox of Birds. Honey- 

 dew and ' Mutterkorn.' 123 



CHAPTER IV. 



PERIOD FROM A.D. 1700 TO A.D. 1715. 



The Condition of Comparative Pathology in the i8th and 19th 

 Centuries. Unpropitious Seasons. Importation of Horses into 

 England Prohibited. A Chamois Epizooty. Epizootic Ekzema in 

 Franconia. Epidemic and Epizootic Influenza. 'Rot' in Sheep in 

 Dublin. Commencement of the Great Epizooty of ' Cattle Plague.' 

 Kanold's History. Gerbezius. Schroeckius. Borromeo. Ramaz- 

 zini's Description. Sheep Small-pox in England. Anthrax and 

 an Epizooty of Rabies among Deer in Hungary. Anthrax in 

 France and Germany. E.xtensive Epizooty among Horses on the 

 Continent. Kanold and Lancisi's Descriptions. The Epizooty of 

 ' Cattle Plague ' : Sheep and Goats affected. Mortality among Cats 

 in Hungary. Lancisi and the ' Cattle Plague.' Horse Plague in 

 Italy. Ovine Small-pox in France and Italy. Canine ' Distemper' 

 in France. The ' Cattle Plague ' in England. Bates' Description 

 and Successful Management 173 



CHAPTER V. 



PERIOD FROM A.D. 1715 TO A.D. 1 745. 



Lanzoni on the Seasons. Sickness among Horses. The ' Cattle 

 Plague' on the Continent. 'Rot' in Sheep in Ireland. Mortality 

 among Bees and Carp in Silesia, and among Turkeys and Geese in 

 Hungary. Horse Disease in Finland. Termination of the Epizooty 

 of ' Cattle Plague.' Fowl Mortality at Wismar and Silesia. Ecjuine 

 Glossanthrax in Silesia. Silkworm Disease in Italy. Rabies in Dogs. 

 Invasion of Mice in Transylvania and Abortion in Cattle and Horses. 

 Diseases in Provence. Epidemy in Peru and Disease in Animals. 

 Ergotism in Silesia. Storks at Breslau. Laborious Parturition. 

 ' Cattle Plague ' in Sweden. Strange Epizooty in the Venetian States. 

 Death of Fish in Lake Constance. Ovine Small-pox in the Venetian 

 .States and France. Astruc's Observations. ' Sheep-rot ' in Silesia, 

 Poland, and Prussia. ' Cattle Plague ' in Thuringia, Saxony, and 

 Magdeburg. Disease in Mice in Silesia, and Rabies in Dogs and 



