94 The Farmer''s Veterinary Adviser. 



The hydropathic treatment, by a i-ug wrung out of water 

 applied next the skin and covered by sevei-al di-y ones kept 

 closely applied by elastic surcingles for an liour and fol- 

 lowed by a cold douche and active rubbing till dry, has 

 proved very successful, but demands intelligence, enthusiasm, 

 and activity on the part of the attendants. The pack is 

 repeated as often as the temperature lises. 



Prevention. Importation should only be allowed from 

 countries free from the plague, in ships that have carried 

 no suspected stock for at least three months, and after 

 inspection and, if thought necessarj'-, quarantine at the 

 port of entry. But the disease already exists in New 

 York (Connecticut), New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, 

 Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and District of Columbia. 

 This ought to be rooted out by measures executed by the 

 centi'al government and defrayed out of the public treasury. 

 Little good must be looked for from isolated action by 

 States, counties, townships, or individual owners ; the dan- 

 ger threatens the entire country, and for the general safety 

 all must pay. It is absurd to expect the unfortunate pos- 

 sessor of sick animals to beggar himself for the public 

 good. There should be destruction of the sick, partial re- 

 nmneration of the owners, thorough disinfection under pro- 

 fessional supervision, and the most perfect control and con- 

 stant inspection of all suspected herds and places until the 

 malady has been eradicated from the land. This is the 

 most insidious of all our animal plagues, the one which 

 now most urgently presses for active interference, and which, 

 if neglected, will bring a terrible retribution in the future. 



InoGulation, as a preventive, like medical treatment, is 

 suicidal unless where a country is very generally infected, 

 and in this case even sterilized virus should be used. (See 

 Lung Plague in Appendix.) 



