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sia, especially iu Bessarabia and Podolia, during 1846 ; 

 in several provinces of Prussia during 1847 ; in Holland, 

 Belgium, Eastern Priesland and Oldenburg in 1850 and 

 1851 ; also in Saxony, Hanover, Brunswick (especially in the 

 Saxony provinces of Magdeburg and Merseburg), in 1866 : 

 England, Scotland and Ireland lost over 200,000 ; here it 

 was known under the name of " Lungenseuche" (cattle 

 [)lague or pulmonic plague). It was declared to be a con- 

 tagious disease only with horned cattle^young and old, fat 

 and lean, and not dangerous to men ; even the meat was 

 held to be eatable during the beginning of the disease. 



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