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vesicse and other inflammatory conditions. Sometimes 

 the abrasions of the palate and the lesions in the stomachs 

 resemble <*.those observed in rinderpest. Frequently 

 hasmorrhagic spots are observable on the serous membranes. 

 In fatal cases the blood is anaemic. When extracted 

 during life the red corpuscles are found to be stellated, 

 and to exhibit changes of form. White corpuscles are 

 increased in number. Bacteria and masses of living 

 matter, together with minute spherical bodies, are con- 

 stantly present. In the saliva are small stellate crystals 

 and actively moving monads. In the fluid from the vesicles, 

 and in the discharge from the eyes, are monads, bacteria, 

 masses of germinal matter, and large nucleated cells. 

 We owe these conclusions to Professor Brown's obser- 

 vations. Abscess, induration, and even gangrene of the 

 mammary gland, may be present. Open joints, fistulous 

 ulcers burrowing beneath the hoof, and extensive sloughing, 

 also separation of the hoofs, may follow the foot disease. 



This disease is certainly communicable to man through 

 the milk ; thus, children are liable to become affected. 

 Suspected milk should either be rejected or boiled before 

 consumption. We have no evidence to prove that the 

 flesh is injurious to man. Cases are on record where 

 attendants upon diseased animals have taken the disease. 

 Since it is intercommunicable between all the animals 

 which can become affected, our prophylactic measures 

 must embrace all animals on the farm. By law animals 

 affected with foot-and-mouth disease, or herded with 

 affected animals, are not to be removed, nor are animals 

 from contiguous buildings, except for immediate slaughter 

 under the regulations of the local authorities, or if not for 

 slaughter, under permit from the officer of the local autho- 

 rities. All sheds occupied are to be disinfected and 

 cleansed. 



Rinderpest — Cattle Plague — Puschima (Hindustanee). 

 — This disorder is the most formidable specific disease of 

 cattle j it is enzootic in the steppes of Russia, China, and 

 it seems, also, in some parts of Burmah, occasionally visits 

 Great Britain, and requires most active measures of re- 



