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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 
winter passing without a case. I generally graze from thirty 
to forty cattle at my farm on the Pentlands, and there of 
late I have had a few cases. This season I bought three 
firts, which were sent up at different times. One lot of ten 
became affected, and four of them were sent off, though 
grazing in adjoining fields, and occasionally mixed. None 
of the others showed any symptoms. The shepherd's two 
cows'* took decidedly ill, but both recovered. I have now 
upwards of eighty cattle of various kinds, all of which, with 
the exception of one more out of the ten above noticed, 
which has been sent away, have hitherto kept healthy. A 
small Shetland cow, which has been grazed quite alone all 
summer, I may mention, was very ill some time ago, but, 
with some medical treatment, was brought through. I will 
be glad to find that the preceding proves of any use to you ; 
and if I can furnish any further information it is heartily at 
your service.' " 
A memoir of the late Professor Dick commences the book, 
and at the close there is a long record of the proceedings of 
the Edinburgh Veterinary College, of which the late Pro- 
fessor Dick was the founder, and during nearly his whole 
professional life the able and successful supporter. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PREVAILING DISEASE OF CATTLE, 
KNOWN AS ECZEMA EPIZOOTIC A, EPIZOOTIC APHTHA, 
VESICULAR DISEASE, DISTEMPER, MURRAIN, OR FOOT 
AND MOUTH COMPLAINT. 
Bj Professor Brown, Inspector in the Veterinary Department of the 
Privy Council, and Veterinary Inspector to the Bath and West of 
England Society and Southern Counties Association. 
( Continued from p. 70.) 
For a period of six months in the summer and autumn of 
1867 eczema was seldom seen : the cattle in the Metropolitan 
Market and the lairs were free from the affection, and a like 
immunity from its attack was enjoyed by animals all over the 
country. Isolated cases might be met with, but it is certain 
that at the time of cessation of the cattle plague the live 
