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Moft of the Cows which have recovered from this 
Difiemper recover their Milk again, as their Appe- 
tites mend ; but they are obferved to have fcabby 
Eruptions come out in their Groins and Axillae, 
which itch much; for a Cow will Band ftill, hold 
out her Leg, and fhew Signs of great Pleafure, when 
a Man fcratches thcfe Puftules or Scabs for her. 
I am informed, that fome Cow leeches have given 
Coloquintida and Salt of Tartar, each one Ounce, in 
a Quart of warm Ale ; but I imagine it mud be too 
griping a Purge, and improper where the Guts are 
inflamed. Indeed I have not heard of any Cows 
recovering which took it. 
As for the Caufe of this Diftemper, I am ftill at a 
Lofs j I think it cannot be owing to the Food, be- 
caufe the Cows which had it firft in Ejfex eat only 
Grafs, Turneps, and Hay or Straw; the Cows about 
London eat, fome, Grafs; all. Grains and Hay, fome, 
little or no Grafs, but live chiefly on Grains, Tur- 
neps, Off falls from the Garden-grounds, and Hay. 
I am in Doubt as to the Air j the Spring and 
Summer were very wet, and the Ground very damp, 
the Autumn was very dry and cold, the Beginning 
of Winter very damp and cold. The Cows in Ejfex 
had the Diftemper in Summer ; it firft began about 
London in Autumn : It has lpread itfelf equally 
among Cows which have lain in the Fields anights, 
and thofe which flood in Stables or Sheds : It fpread 
itfelf in Ejfex , at firft into fuch Farms where they 
bought in ftrange Calves, or lean Cows, at Market, 
which they did not know where they came from ; 
but moft probably from the Hundreds where the 
Difeafe firft broke out ; but how it got thither, 
whether 
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