THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN. 
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There is another singularity attending the disease I am 
describing : — It does not agree exactly with the descriptions 
given of any former malignant murrain,* except in a few par- 
ticulars; and it will prove a matter of some moment for us 
to inquire, what is the effect of climate or soil on epidemics in 
general ? There was, however, with me, no time for in- 
vestigations such as these, expecting, as we then did, every 
day to be ordered to the relief of Kars. The loss of our bul- 
locks was a serious calamity, of which it w 7 as impossible to 
foresee the ultimate result. The camp was soon strewn with 
the dying and the dead. Unfortunately, our veterinary 
medicine chests w’ere not provided for such an emergency, 
and some little delay took place before we could be supplied 
from Constantinople with the suitable remedies. In the 
mean time, an entire change of food was adopted. Bran was 
substituted for barley, and hay for chopped straw. The sick 
were also plentifully provided with flour-gruel, thickened 
with starch ; and an infusion of mint, which was obtained 
abundantly from the forest of Belgrade, about four miles 
distant, was given to the amount of two pints daily. The 
only plan of treatment that appeared to me likely to be suc- 
cessful was, first of all to restore the suspended animation ; 
secondly, to relieve the irritation arising from the inflamed 
state of the lining membrane of the alimentary canal ; and 
thirdly, to re-establish the functions of the stomach and 
liver. 
This was a matter of no small difficulty, for in many cases 
no time was allowed for any remedial agent to be administered 
before death took place, as was stated in the f Journal des 
Savans’ for 1682. The animals ate as usual, until they almost 
fell dead in a moment. It will not, however, interest your 
readers, if I enter upon this matter. I shall, therefore, in the 
next number, content myself with merely stating how 7 the 
difficulties were overcome, and the treatment adopted that 
proved the most successful. 
(To be continued .) 
* See Yonatt ‘On Cattle/ pp. 384 — 6, “On the Malignant Epidemic 
Murrain of 1682 and 1714.” 
