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blood of deer dead of the disease did not produce anthrax in 
the inoculated animals, although some of them died from septic 
poisoning. The disease among the fawns only lasted for a short 
time, and is stated to have ceased immediately after the addition of 
a few acres of fresh grazing-ground to the park in which the animals 
were feeding. 
An outbreak of what seemed to be a similar disease among deer 
was reported from another part of the country, but the request for 
morbid specimens was not complied with, and no investigation, 
therefore, could be made. 
An outbreak of parasitic lung disease (hoose) was investigated 
in a herd of beasts belonging to a gentleman in Essex. The malady 
in this instance occurred in milch cows, but the precise source of 
infection could not be ascertained. 
Fig. 2. — Hods found in the blood oj 
I'^o- ^ • — ^ods found in the blood of deer dead of sivine which died after eating offal oj 
a disease supposed to be anthrax. cattle dead of anthrax. 
In the advice given as to treatment it was recommended that all 
the affected animals should be housed and kept perfectly quiet. 
Good, nutritious food, with tonic and stimulating agents when 
required, was prescribed, and in the course of a few weeks the 
disease subsided without further mortality. 
Statement of Cases of Diseased Cattle and Sheep admitted 
to the Royal Veterinary College in 1889. 
In January, two sheep suffering from "obscure skin disease," 
one lamb affected with "gid" (hydatids), one calf suffering from 
"parasitic pneumonia," and a cow supposed to be affected with 
" tuberculosis " were admitted into the College. 
Upon a j ost- mortem examination being made in the last-named 
case, the walls of the rumen were found to be adherent to the walls 
of the abdomen over a considerable area, and, in the midst of an 
