CONTENTS. 



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1. Introductory Observations 1 



2. Antiquity and Extent of Eot: — 



Kot named by early writers — Exists throughout the continent 



of Europe — In Egypt, Australia, Van Dienien's Land, &c. .. 1-3 



3. Periodic Outbreaks : — 



The rot of 1735, '47, '66, '92, 1809, '16, '24, '30, '53, '60, '62, 

 and '79 .. .. .. .. ... .. . . 3-8 



4. Names given to the Disease: — 



The Eot — Bane — Sheep pest — Cothe, or Cofte 8-9 



5. Assigned Causes: — 



Opinions of Mascall, 1587— Markham, 1614— Crawshey, 1636— 

 "A. S.," 1697— Bradley, 1729— Ellis, 1749— Bake well, 1760 

 —Harrison, 1804— Hogg, 1807— Mackenzie, 1809— Price, 

 1809— Parkinson, 1810— Fairbairn, 1823— and Davy, 1830. 



The views of continental authorities — Supposed cause in Egypt 

 — King's theory of fluke-eggs — Experiments with the ova of 

 flukes — Youatt's opinion of the cause — Theory of miasma, 

 its supporters and objectors — Blacklock's theory — Spooner's 

 view — The influence of water-meadows — Eotting of sheep 

 on improved water-meadows; case and reply — General 

 observations on the supposed causes 9-27 



6. Pathology. — Eot an Entozoic Disease : — 



Blacklock's statements of the nature of rot — His views of 

 tubercles — The true cause of these deposits in the lungs — Hot 

 said to be primarily an inflammatory condition of the liver 

 by Youatt, Harrison, Davy, and Hurtrel D'Arboval — Eot as 

 seen in hares and rabbits — The influence of watery food in 

 producing diseases of the liver combined with dropsy — Eot an 

 entozoic disease — General observations on these affections — 

 Young lambs affected with rot — Changes produced in the 

 liver by flukes — Illustration of yuuny flukes 27-34 



