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ller doses 3 dail 
of саан it is as follows :— Dissolve 
CIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS 
i So 
[ The following is a conden: 
ра 
зей г 
per at Sheffield on the Otiia Plague.] 
ing has 
European shines P killing 
the Russians, and exter 
side 
co 
ich it has 
тан the не, agents in the рари of. ih 
pla e hav e been drov ves of sick oxen dying on the | 
13 
Мі 
y ЕШ. ће animal is convalescent., The безь | є: аё there is no existing disease respecting which ао 
t is guart a Ў d пентан v еу Вт men would dogmatise so unhesitatingly as the | of the atmosphere. Government mid р оола : 
The animal being thirsty from the veterinary surgeons have done respecting the cattle | to control the progr ss of the malady lacked 
e quarts, and fion give him his | plague ;” and we are told “ that the doctors are looked | the formation of a national assoeiatia Md Tm 
PR уси vo deri up to because they have done good work, because t of di ве. Af once afe n for the 
n 2» have diminished the fatality of our human diseases, | diffuse е наа on the di oc tka а 
and are daily at lea ist. endeavouring to acquire ue civic wd s, railw відо 000 tlle 
victories over e." Now, there is scarcely a medical | &o., to aid. 1 insurance societies -" Compania, 
subject on which you would engage to find a AA {уйщ x attended vari count ke 
report o f Professor J. Gamgee's|of the best men unanimous in their ER ; but|show the fallacies of loc: andi : 
we have had congresses with nearly 200 of the most | justice mar as I 
of the indi- | eatea. veterinarians in Europe, when, А the subject | dicated e Fe ber, Sir 390 "n 
158 rom time to time, |of = steppe murrain, no difference of opinion coua Shuttleworth in the of th ma 
urked in the Asiatic and | be said to exist. It might be positi assertion, = M des. ght pe at Nohinpin I d. 
WI th e rude grey oxen of ш ight e dogmatism, that the disease fa Government са » 1 Spoke of d 
minating the cattle of districts that it was «о а by contagion, and that РА к ratico eye 
nto 0 | diminish its ravages must slaughter the sick k mad | ideni from the publie purse, and os. 
ceidentally introduced. Not unfre dict avour to show that, if Govern x nÉ were pro 
edal pU th idoli is matter, i could mee һе di 
+} д 
Tha t pret is аз unanim 
Toia ie "thé Ден ef h 
dition. The periodic extensions of the malady i in the 
attention being forcibly directed to the sub E 
stoc. 
ye knew т во soon 
al 
of cattle direct 
np m cedes tion 
and Р 
ki 
as an 
jue 
s such 
russia ; Mey 
tid: at, wm the. Yes plague ca 
ced of t 
hta cx sw The сай it has altogether « s че entr ET Ma meal ind whenever 
reached us through the Baltic. pt sm been made to follow up a con- 
to trace dioc in men and animals pile ses, and treat them car 
we wish to devise means for their aiti i ids is dps the "roni ihi "bens а geek varying 
evident that in гараа ёо the present outbreak it was|from 85 to 95 per c It i t astonishing 
plague never origina 
ruth 
ncereas ased i in thi 
s the 
eting 
small- -pox was ed, invariable 
ШЕ of this disease in  contagion, and its 
ention by vaccination, were discussed. s Pro 
А fos 
Seifmann gei observes in his report, just published: 
uld e ttle 
Russia should be sub- 
as aes таза аго 
ak. 
e animals еа to medical 
treatment have recovered. We have treated m many, 
апа left many to take their cha ance, "he result proves 
if we co the c , Digu, ү is doubtful|this course, and there is an end to an proper acti 
whether we shoddy venture to do so, considering the | whereby the plague may from Gret 
hod of thereby keeping up шапу sed id of conta. Britai n. Turm to the written histories typhus qi 
y fever, of human small: and cholera, and ti 
some experience during Же present outbre A бо ыса has been done b rative means Th 
t octors 
ho have gained RET over - 
ned no ben over Bees maladies 
adoption of p entiv ve mile Ani 
dah 
lan 
th all 4} Lad 
with 
itferent 
A 
Ж зен урал "р - necessity fos 
tle plague "has 
3 
f cattle plague igit be quoted to prove that toli d 
| ра 
ө spontaneously. 
certain all we e uld as to its cause. 
he west Czar's domin ions не 
That 
гий as much established. in the minds of scientific 
9 
t| that have bold "adverse d wonderful 
S 
ihe Анан 
propagaüng pes - 
A LONDON COW-HOUSE. 
MzzTING іп а crowded London street the other бу 
ures 
results announced, In the las entuvy h undreds and 
Jately travelling through mu 
а | thousands of cures were ркт о ; and the 
remedies were pointed out. 
fh 
xin man, or the purely contagious character 
ul- | 
реси its агт from the scarcity of oxen n. fo whe | 
БЕ рч 
аббата 
тан ан re that mals we: 
supplied frös on "A board, fit for g Todos rado, ai 
many of the cattle did not come up to the 
standard of weight and fatness. Т 
saw the 
fes Ч society i i 
рх а занан at domi ың 
teppe murrain аш 
the cows of the London Pes; on the 29th of Taly, 
profession who decline to advertise and “proclaim | 
English coun 
imaginary 
li . | serve; 5" e" well qualified to do, on her c Mj 
a norbi idi S ГУА Сот n of Тш y into the Cattle PAN of ie 
we had; Pus! io heard ? reply was, that he had 
is 
stock farmers within the past mon 
wonderful cures." 'The recovery of on 
d 
to treat ment, but, s 
— 
+ 
ve Fro 
| im one of my а ohjeote per 
ntment. 
cover 
how we might дшшде, before ori pesas 
€ оп Тезге had the disease. vere ean be 
to prove of service, they ши 
ав | the. changes wd structure are во für Mee as to 
render ossible 
i zi 
an be declared 
i all б с purposes, dead. If the existence of 
һе disease is discovered three or four Pili after, a 
even before it is detec ted by ordinary es, I d 
e early stage ; but all will admit that it is somethin 
t believe, even then 
| Во far as my observations A — I elg that 
rom 24 to 48 hours before any v obvious signs 
ot ill-health, such as dulness, is of apoie: 
| &c., are observed, it is possible to indicate that 
| anim e under the i fluence of the mala: I have 
no great 
hopes of success from treatment even at this 
ng 
„to restore health. Mages ray чи 
all over the Midland Counties, and he had neither за 
eard of “ Rinderpeste;” that he believed va 
СЕВЕРЕ РИ ЕЗГЕ 
В. 
z8 
ru 
done much pn injury t 
influence on the i markety E "teufold the aetual and 
f of the disease itself, if that; had bea 
borne in ime Ana medical man of 
who had had ten cows attacked by the disease 
f ies and that in short I 
pies 
red six о 
calamitous enough for any London 
mere local fever, the зав of close 
bad air, and lack of drainage in the pent-up Lond 
cow-houses. 
A few hours afterwards we walked through a Іопіл 
cow-house, erii in the lower part of à aes 
Mews. а ы - feet wide, 12 feet high, with í 
windows o 
on the Мын, ‘affording perfect ventilation. yr " 
drained down the central gutter i into а 
The 
ide for 
ughs for water 
4 
Bad to be е Шама b лаа. fourth те cannot is irn myself that our observations are 
died in the efore being delivered on board, invariably accurate, but we feel great confidence in 
-and an action was brought against the t| judging the symptoms. Their eyes are dried and 
for the price of th "p ich he would not,|their noses moist, yet the animals ша) ruminate and 
d did not, pay. A animal showed sigus not display symptoms of attack. By testing the tem- 
of illness on the ч ty when the g whole of aS we find it rises 
arrived off a. -vigs po iter was sent from ШР ually as the disease extends ; at first t rapidly, then 
London sales аталат теч? the things," ш more slowly, until the heat reaches 105°, 106°, or 107? 
ing the ind gera be taken to Leweiicfi instead o E —fever heat, This heat of the e syste m could be deter- 
Lon 
or other 
at once, and th that half propagated t 
Wii the үт half озбыр not do so is 8 по i" 
amongst cattlo, t 
80 m to avoid the 
were ROMA агулы still further fo 
pioen! out that are 
r 
doctors. 
distinguished from diseased cattle. 
or Some те; 
s most accurately; there is no pst tan about 
min 
it. Out of a large duy three or four animals may be 
re entering on the рогов: made for the pre- 
as that could e he sir ired. We could see 
commodation at а -— for the house was 
"d 
- most in eligen nt in е 
excitement, carefulness, а! and 
f its attacks had produced, and 
istance from hi 
bei i herd between de the. one half p 
ihe contrast offered b 
b and ја 
ous | doctors, by which it is implied. Mies S "bajo. done 
g nothing to acquire new victories over Nature. On former 
suburb: 
ave been struck pe 
m 
while animals in roomy su 
pasture, , ha 
H +; 
е. pis y 73 foe эу" some p de were exposed | ban 
n afterwards for sale. A must have communi- 
m, for it was | slaughter of sick and оой animals. 
into the|pox cd ur flocks in 1862, 
un 
ehe ia horses has em well 2 
shed radi our cavalry stables. This has been a 
vito, over Жайге, b but it has been due to the Red 
IM 
treatmen етт 
е [арӣ vaccina were resorted to, а E called po 
weeks the malady was sto; em 
This year, cis y апарат broke out in dun, 
disease 
d. 
to confess ignorance on 
are told 
a id 
AWe 
ht 
ow x veterinary Science in 
most imperfectly 
d the salices d slaughter 
ed every xs of the pest. Ноне 
жазасы. thatit was the true Russian ш which 
(һай reae eached these islands, we hesitated not to advocate 
and means found most efficient abroad of гне! 
ттге оов хат told them how to kill out the 
disease. ins 
on 
was no less e ir than the steppe 
diseased animals т 
iy 
Шо be rst M 
toros а енә od h to d е 
extrac wed Nae the 2 к x 
ti уез 1 and even 
in t herd of Miss 
e establishmen 
M 
un! 
uu 
SN 
„ЗЕ 
ато” 
СВ ёг 
B а, 
gets 
ii i 
; FE! 
| im 
Mibility a of pem PA 
wall and made plantations. EC к 
y kind һай been bro ught into ! 
Pere by killing the sick. We we res once met | 
by doubts expressed as to the origin of t he malady, | a 
