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Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN AMERICA. 
We regret to have to announce (says the Cultivator ancl 
Country Gentleman , published at Albany, N.S.) the appear- 
ance of this annoying and somewhat dangerous disease in 
this country* Secretary Harrison, at our request, kindly 
furnishes the following statement as to its nature and treat- 
ment, and the extent to which it is thus far known to pre- 
vail : 
New York State Agricultural Society, Albany, 
December 17 th, 1870. 
“Eds. — The foot and mouth disease (epizootic aphtha) 
having unfortunately made its appearance in this country, 
it is proper that the public should be informed of its cha- 
racter and symptoms. 
“This malady seems to have been unknown in Great 
Britain previous to the year 1839, and the volumes of the 
4 Transactions of the Royal Agricultural Society of England^ 
for 1841, contains a very clear, concise report upon it, by the 
late Professor Sewell, summarising the information commu- 
nicated by nearly 700 members of the society. The disease 
then attacked 4 all kinds of stock indiscriminately, even 
poultry, dogs, cats, and deer. Influenza, by some called dis- 
temper, catarrhs, and sore throats prevailed much among 
horses before the epidemic, during its prevalence, and after it 
had ceased, and pulmonary diseases, proving fatal in several 
cases/ 4 One correspondent states that himself and all his 
family and domestics were attacked on the lips and in the 
mouth in consequence of using the milk of the diseased 
cows/ and the following paragraphs of the report have been 
so entirely confirmed by recent experience, and are such plain 
and succinct statements of fact that no apology is needed for 
extracting them entire : 
44 4 The disease generally commenced in the mouths of 
bullocks, cows, and calves, by the appearance of blisters and 
ulcers on the tongue, and sore throats in some; the feet at 
the same time, or very soon after, became ulcerated, as also 
the palate, lips, and nose. It was accompanied by rigors 
or chills, succeeded by feverish heat. The noses and feet of 
pigs were attacked, but the feet only of sheep, except in a 
few instances in which the mouths were affected as in cattle. 
In dairy cows the teats became affected with pustules and 
