48 Report of a Series of Outbreaks of Splenic Apoplexy 
Outbreak of 1874. — The first of these outbreaks occurred in 
1874, when 5 beasts, 4 horses, 3 pigs, and 7 sheep, succumbed 
to the effects of the disease, and several oxen had to be slaugh- 
tered while suffering under it. The malady first showed itself 
on the 12th of July, in one of several bullocks pastured on the 
marshes above referred to. These animals had received, besides 
grass, a liberal supply of linseed-cake daily. From a detailed 
inquiry as to the spread of the disorder on this occasion, there is 
little room to doubt that the great mortality which ensued upon 
the first cases was in no small measure due to the contamina- 
tion of herbage, and other articles of diet, with the virus- 
laden excrement and blood of the animals in which the malady 
Table showing the Progress of the Malady in 1874. 
Date. 
Description of 
Animal. 
Age. 
When Seized. 
Disposal of Carcass. 
July 
12 
Bullock .. 
21 Months 
Marsh N. of Decoy 
Removal to farmstead. 
(Some given to neigh - 
17 
Brood Mare 
6 Years .. 
„ N.W. „ 
I hours, other portions 
( buried. 
) ) 
20 
Colt.. .. 
,, 20- 
-25 
|Cow and 31 
\ bullocks J 
Farmstead. 
9 t 
) » 
27 
28 
30 
Colt .. .. 
Bullock .. 
Sow .. 
Marsh N. of Decoy 
I) )) 
Farmstead. 
Aug. 
8 
19 
Cow 
Boar . . 
J? 
Sept. 
31 
3 Sheep .. 
Marshes. 
4 
Heifer 
5 
3 Sheep .. 
)> 
Farmstead. 
9 1 
21 
Mare 
) 1 
22 
Calf.. .. 
6 Months 
Marshes. 
originated. This conclusion rests on the most satisfactory data. 
At an early period of the investigation it was elicited that the 
bullock which died on the 12th of July was dissected on the 
marshes. A portion of this animal was afterwards conveyed 
to the farmstead : some portions to be employed as food for 
pigs, and others converted into cart-grease. The farmstead 
is situated a considerable distance from the pasture in which the 
disease commenced, and besides pigs, it also contained at that 
time a number of beasts and horses. Between the farm- 
premises and the marshes no interchange of stock nor inter- 
course of any kind had taken place during the seven weeks 
which expired on the outbreak of the disease. Nor was there 
anything in common either in regard to food, management, or 
general conditions, between the home-stock and those at pasture 
