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All the remainder were more or less afTected ; and after having been 
removed into a warm yard and undergone treatment, recovered, with 
the exception of one, which lingered for some time, and ultimately died 
a mere skeleton. Four milch cows on the same farm were carefully 
kept apart from the young stock, and escaped the malady. 
Case 20. — Mr. F. during the years 1845 and 1846 sustained a loss of 
nearly one thousand pounds' worth of stock from the epizootic pleuro- 
pneumonia. Those that were in tolerable condition were disposed of, 
and slaughtered immediately on the first decisive symptoms of the 
disease presenting themselves, thus affording us many opportunities of 
observing the state of the lungs in this earlier stage of the disease. 
Nothing satisfactory could be obtained as to the origin of the disease on 
this gentleman's farm. 
Case2\. — Mrs. R., cowkeeper of Cambridge, who keeps ten cows, 
lost three out of four which were attacked at various periods between 
May 4 and July 21, 1847, with pleuro-pneumonia. The disease in this 
instance was supposed to have arisen spontaneously. 
Case 22. — Mr. T., a large farmer, purchased about the middle of 
1844 nine heifers of a dealer, one of which was shortly afterwards 
attacked with the disease, and after being attended for some time 
became considerably reduced, and was sold. Tiie remaining eight 
were disposed of to a dealer just previous to the before-mentioned one 
becoming affected, four of which were ascertained to have died shortly 
after. This was the commencement of the disorder upon this farm, and 
has since made great havoc amongst the cattle. Mr. Toller generally 
keeps from eighty to an hundred head of stock on the three farms of 
which he is proprietor, and during the last three years he has repeatedly 
been obliged to dispose of cows and young stock at a very great disad- 
vantage, on account of their becoming diseased. The farms are all 
contiguous, so that the cattle have free communication with each other. 
Several were also affected with the vesicular epizootic at the same time, 
and recovered. 
Case 23. — Mr. S. bought forty Irish beasts on Decembers, 1846, 
at a market. Soon after they all became affected with the vesicular 
disease, and recovered, except four, which were attacked with pleuro- 
pneumonia. Two were sold and slaughtered ; the others recovered. 
Case 24. — Mr. M., of Cambridge, purchased two heifers at St. Ives' 
market in the beginning of May, 1847, one of which was observed to 
cough at the time, and on the 18th of the same month was sold and 
slaughtered, after being treated for nearly a week. The other was 
attacked with the vesicular epizootic at the same time, and soon re- 
covered. 
Case 25. — In the month of November, 1841, Mr. J.'purchased at 
Stamford fair fifty-eight head of Irish cattle, and soon after being 
brought home most of them were observed to have a dry husking 
cough ; three upon examination were found to be suffering from decided 
disease of the chest, and died some short time after ; and from the 
^ supposition that the remainder were labouring under the same disease, 
