THE CATTLE MURRAIN OF INDIA. 15 
McLeod's very able Report. Following his arrangement, I 
wiil proceed with — 
I. History. 
As early as the year 1811 a cattle murrain was reported 
from Hoonsoor, in the Madras Presidency. Mr. Gudgin, 
V.S., ascertained that cattle disease had prevailed in British 
Burmah for forty or sixty years, similar in character to the 
epizootic he was investigating in 1866. Similar diseases 
were recorded in Lower Bengal in 1836, and there are strong 
grounds for believing they have existed beyond recollection. 
Since 1836 epizootic outbreaks have been frequently reported 
from different parts of the country, and during the present 
time are prevailing in Assam, to the east of Calcutta, in the 
district of Benares, and probably in other parts of the 
country. 
II. Geographical Distribution. 
Epizootic outbreaks have occurred in* Ceylon, Mysore, 
Madras, Bengal, Oude, the North-West Provinces, to Dehra 
at the foot of the Himalayas, and in Burmah. I have no 
opportunity of ascertaining their existence in the Bombay 
Presidency. 
III. Varieties and Names. 
From a careful consideration of the reports of the different 
outbreaks, I believe the diseases are all included under the 
three following names, Khorah, Gootee, and Puschima, and 
I think the two latter might be beneficially included under 
the one title of the cattle murrain of India. 
1st. Khorah, from khoor , a hoof, called in different 
districts by a variety of names, as koorea, khoraha, &c., is 
the eczema epizootica of veterinary nomenclature, but acci- 
dental diseases of the feet, and thrush, are included in these 
terms. 
2nd. Gootee, or Indian smallpox. Other common district 
names are mata, chech ack, boshonto, &c. An eruptive fever, 
very extensively spread throughout the country, and not 
unfrequently assumes an epizootic character. 
3rd. Puschima, a malignant disease so closely resembling 
the so-called smallpox that it is frequently known by the 
same names, and is, I believe, a severe form of the same 
disease ; but, to accord with previous writers, I shall speak 
of them as distinct. This form puschima in many respects 
resembles the rinderpest of Europe, but differs in important 
# Mr. Worms, of rinderpest renown, was deceived by the analogy of 
puschima (with which he was probably familiar) and the rinderpest of 
Europe, or he never would have vaunted his specific gruel, 
