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animals^ on becoming sick, discharged blood by the nose and 

 mouth, and so dreadful was the odour given off by them, that 

 the stench from their kennels was insupportable ; indeed^ they 

 were rotten before they were dead, 



'At our suggestion, in 1768, the kennels w^re paved, 

 thoroughly repaired, cleansed, and washed with quicklime, and 

 thrown open for three months. After that time, other hounds 

 were kept in them; and so well did they thrive, that in 1769 

 there were more than 100 in good health. It was then imagined 

 that at last the means of preserving them in fine condition had 

 been discovered ; but at the end of the month of June following 

 the disease reappeared, and destroyed the whole in less than six 

 weeks. The kennels remained empty during the year 1770, and 

 they were again whitewashed with lime; at the commencement 

 of 1 77 1 the bitch hounds were put in them to pup, and although 

 since that time the puppies have been more fortunate than in the 

 preceding years, yet more than a fourth of those born there die 

 before they are four, five, or six months old.' ^ 



In Gatinais, during 1763-4-5 it was observed and described 

 by Duhamel in a scientific periodical, published in France; we 

 read for 1763: ^Some cats have been attacked by a malady 

 which resembles a good deal this in dogs.' For 1764 it is re- 

 marked : 'The disease in dogs continues, and has killed many.' 

 In 1765: 'The disease amongst dogs and cats has continued 

 throughout the year, though not so extensively as in last year, 

 but with the same accidents. Some cats have been attacked 

 by itch, which has made them blind.' ^ 



In 1764, during the month of December, this distemper 

 appeared in Bohemia, according to Sagar.^ In Franconia it 

 was observed in the month of April in this year, and at the 

 conniiencement of September in Italy. Heusinger gives a list 

 of the great number of works which contained notices of this 

 memorable epizooty, some of which I give below.* 



' Journal Pratique dc Mud. Vut., vol. iv. p. 6io. 



^ .Memoirs del' Acad. Royale dcs Sciences, 1764-5. 



^ J. M. Sagar. iJe Morbo Sing. Ovium Vindob. 1765. 



* l*'or Burgundy, in 1763: Nicholas Fournia: Observations sur la Nature, 

 les Causes, ct le Traitement de la Maladie des Chiens. Dijon, 1764, 1775. For 

 Paris, in 1703-4: Aiidouiii dc C/iaigncbnm. Relation de dilTerenles Maladies 



