270 THE LATE EPIDEMIC DISEASES AMONG HOUSES, &c. 
found to be highly inflamed, and a circumscribed patch about 
six inches in circumference, and extending a little from the edges 
of the rupture, was deeply ulcerated. The mucous lining was 
completely destroyed. 
Was it possible for the exposed muscular fibre to be acted upon 
by the gastric juice? The stomach was empty, nor could I de- 
tect any foreign agent that was likely to be productive of such 
mischief. 
She died enormously fat, shewing that the stomach must have 
well performed its functions, although disease had made such 
ravages in some portions of it. The outer coat of the intestines 
was inflamed. The other organs were healthy. 
I have sent the ruptured portion of the stomach for your in- 
spection. 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EPIDEMIC DISEASES 
AMONG HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND SWINE. 
Compiled by W. Youatt. 
THE EPIDEMIC AMONG CATTLE IN 1840-41. 
The North Riding of Yorkshire. 
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Upleatham, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, about two 
miles from the sea, is the property of the Earl of Zetland. It is 
a hilly country. Some part of it is screened and other parts ele- 
vated. It is well watered with springs, but there are no ponds or 
marshes. The soil is high and dry, with the substratum a sandy 
rock. The cattle, in the pasture where it made its first appear- 
ance, had not been connected with any others for a period of three 
months. It broke out suddenly, w r hen it was previously not 
known within twenty miles of the place, and no cause appa- 
rently indicated or suspected. 
The first beast that was infected was a two-year-old steer, and 
it extended to others of the same age or older, and also to a cow 
that was not in the adjoining pasture. Those that were fully 
grown were most liable to be attacked. The first appearance 
of the disease was generally in the mouth, but there was some 
