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inflamed, the paunch inflamed, and the inner coat peeled ofi^, especially that of 

 the (abomasum) faidle; the guts were all inflamed; the liver was much inflamed 

 in some parts, in others was turned livid; the gall-bladder was very large, and 

 the gall very liquid; the lungs adhered, in many places, to the pleura, were 

 greatly inflamed, and turgid with blood, and were in many places quite black; 

 he did not find any of the watery bladders on the surface of these, as he did on 

 all the others he had seen opened. 



Here is an instance of the most surprisingly quick progress of this distemper, 

 and to such a violent degree, that he does not think it in the power of medicines 

 to have prevented death ; but he thinks this case is still a further confirmation of 

 the necessity of plentiful bleeding as soon as a beast falls sick, especially if short- 

 ness of breath ensues : this cow was not come to the stage of purging. 



From the distemper getting into the Park, he thinks there is reason to con- 

 clude it cannot arise solely from any fault in the food, because the pasture is 

 always good there, and, from the great number of horses, always kept low ; and 

 the soil never dunged or manured; and the cows have plenty of hay in winter. 

 How it got into the Park is very strange; there having been no fresh cows 

 brought in there since Welsh fair in August. And this is further very observable, 

 that though this distemper seems so very infectious among the cow-kind, yet he 

 did not hear that any of the deer had fallen ill; which is much more likely to 

 happen to them than to the horses, because they chew the cud, these do not. He 

 therefore suggests whether it would not be the most likely means to put a stop to 

 the spreading of the distemper, to forbid any cows or calves being brought to 

 market to be sold alive, or that any farmers should buy in any fresh cattle for 6 

 months, or till it is found, that the distemper is entirely ceased; and that all fat 

 cattle should be kept carefully separated from the cows and calves, and that under 

 severe penalties. ■ 



An Appendix to the foregoing paper. — On reading the foregoing paper, some gentlemen present 

 favoured the company with the following information and remarks. 



Mr. Theobalds, a worthy member of the Society, and a diligent observer of remarkable occur- 

 rences, informed the gentlemen present, that the first infection of this dreadful distemper among the 

 cow-kind was brought over from Holland, in April 174-5, by means of 2 white calves, which a 

 farmer at Poplar, near London, sent for, in order to mix the breed, and tliat the infection was got 

 to Maidenhead in Berkshire, by 2 cows brought out of Essex, and sold at the fair there j that there 

 was observable a very disagreeable smell in the clothes of persons, who had been very conversant 

 with sick cows ; and that the infection had been propagated by means of sheep, who, it is presumed, 

 carried it in their wool. On the mention of this scent in clothes. Dr. M. remarked, that Dr. Lobb, 

 in his late book, iutitled, " Letters relating to the Plague, and other contagious Distempers, London 

 1745, in 8vo. in his letter to John Milner, Esq. p. 388," recommends to persons conversant about 

 sick cows to wear a linen garment, over their other clothes, wetted with a mixture of salt and 

 vinegar; and, p. 383, he gives many prudent useful rules to farmers for the management of their 

 sick cattle. 



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