382 THE LATE EPIDEMIC DISEASES OF CATTLE, &C. 
drank of their milk, and have fed dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, 
and pigs with it, without their experiencing any bad effects from 
it; but there is always danger after the disease has been upon 
the cows for thirty hours. 
I was called some days ago to see some stots of pure blood 
that were affected with acute diarrhoea on being turned out to 
damp pasture, but of good quality. They were three years old, and 
in good condition when turned out: but they now had a very de- 
jected appearance, and were sinking rapidly, two having died be- 
fore I saw them. Their fseces were frequently discharged, and 
very liquid, with scarcely any mucus. There was little or no 
appetite, and they were continually lying down. There was no 
symptom of spasm. I had them housed, and tried with hay and 
boiled barley. I administered to each, pulv. alumin. Jiv dissolved 
in two pounds of boiled gruel, pulv. gentian. 3iii, zingiber. 3d, 
mixed and given three times a-day. 
On the afternoon of the next day each had taken five of the 
doses, and the purging had ceased. I discontinued the alum, 
and gave to each three drachms of gentian, and one of ginger, 
in a pint of gruel, repeated twice in the day, and continued for 
some time, when they fed well, and in fourteen days after they 
were turned out again, and did well, but to dry pasture.” 
We now travel to the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Ship- 
well Hall, the residence of J. Parker Tulson, Esq. The situa- 
tion of his farm is damp and wooded ; the surface-soil, generally 
speaking, a black sand, and the substratum a red sand, mixed 
with a little clay. An epidemic made its appearance about the 
middle of August 1840 among the lambs. They had no com- 
munication with any other animals, except that they crossed 
the public road from one side to another, and not herding in 
any place where diseased animals were or might have been, 
so as to communicate any disorder. They were out of doors, 
and in tolerably fair condition — fed on grass, and little more 
than five months old. No full-grown cattle had access to them. 
The disorder first appeared in their losing their condition — 
wandering about the fields — frequently going to the water to 
drink — and exhibiting a considerable degree of weakness. The 
disease was most prevalent in the mouth, or it may be more 
properly said that the malady was almost confined to the mouth, 
and the lambs, for a long time, continued to suffer from it. 
They were chiefly kept out of doors, and fed on grass. At 
three different times a table-spoonful of common turpentine and 
the same quantity of common salt was administered, in about 
half a pint of water. There were 119 lambs. Three died at the 
