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consequence of the Rinderpest." Mr. Dobsonhasnot, as 

 he thinks he has, given either the true nature or pa- 

 thology^ of the disease ; and has not gone so far as Mr. 

 Gamgee, for he has not even hinted so much, as there is 

 a dose of physic in existence. In so far as this article of 

 his is concerned, he has proved one thing — that a man can 

 write much about what he really does not understand. 

 The treatment, according to Mr. Moor, the veterinary ho- 

 meopathist, is nearer the kind of treatment than any English 

 author I have heard of; but Mr. Moor, to be successful, 

 will have to throw his infinitismaU to the dogs, and 

 increase his doses. There are other authors of less note, 

 but all follow in one beaten track, from which there seems 

 to be no variableness nor shadow of turning. The minds 

 of Englishmen all follow in one direct line of march, and 

 will do so till the voice of some one will be heard, as did 

 the foolish Galatians. 



Prevention. — As has already been stated, it is a conta- 

 gious disease, and to prevent its spread, isolation, or sepa- 

 ration will have to be adopted, to insure immunity to 

 animals not affected. 



Epizootic influenza in the horse, pleuro-pneumonia in 

 cattle, took twenty-one years to travel from Europe to 

 the United States. Now whether contagious typhus in 

 cattle will follow so fixed a law as those diseases appear 

 to have done, we may expect to hear of it about 1886. 

 This disease broke out in England, in June, in 1865, and 

 in one year it destroyed two hundred and fifty thousand, 

 eight hundred and seventy five (250,875,)head of cattle, 

 and thirty-three thousand, two hundred and thirty-five 

 (33,235,) recovered. All the others died, or were killed to 

 prevent contagion, and spread of the disease. To enter 

 into a history of this disease would take up more time 



