574 THE LATE EPIDEMIC DISEASES OF CATTLE, &C. 
were fed on hay during their illness, for during the first week or 
ten days the tongue was in a dreadfully inflamed state. 
Opening medicine was given at first, but the disease was not 
relieved. Linseed meal and porridge answered much better. The 
feet were dipped in salt and tar. 
One three-year-old colt was lost, but no other stock. Many 
of the cows lost their milk for a week, but it returned as usual. 
The milk of the diseased was sometimes given to the calves, and 
no harm followed. 
It was very prevalent in the farms in our neighbourhood in 
the July of the second year, and violent in its attack. Many of 
the ewes lost their lambs, casting them before the proper time. 
In September, 1840, the deer were much affected by this dis- 
ease. They were lame and weak. Nothing, however, was done 
to them, and they all recovered. 
The cows of Henry B. Benson, Esq., Utterly House, near 
Louth, on the 13th of Nov, 1840, first shewed symptoms of the 
epidemic, which extended to calves and other stock, with the 
exception of a bull, and two heifers suckling their calves. The 
cows were tied up, and attended by a veterinary surgeon. They 
were in good condition. Some had hay only, and others, hay 
and cut oats. The young ones had hay and linseed cake — their 
ages were various. The full-grown cattle seemed to suffer most. 
The disease first appeared in the mouth, and only three out of 
thirty of the cows were affected in the feet. None were affected 
a second time. 
One yearling heifer died twelve hours after drenching. 
The milk diminished but afterwards returned. Those that 
were suckling their young were the only females exempt from 
disease. 
Two cases of abortion occurred during the winter, and not one 
for seven years previously. 
They were weak and poor after either mild or virulent attacks. 
The disease began among the cows belonging to J. Har- 
ries, Esq., Thorganby Hall, North Lincoln, in October 1840. 
In November it attacked some Scotch bullocks, and extended to 
the sheep and pigs about the middle of December. The weather 
was rainy, with south and south-west winds. They had not 
travelled on any public road, but they were out of doors, in good 
condition, and living on grass. The sheep were not attacked 
until they were put on turnips. The cattle were all three-year-old 
beasts. 
The first symptom of disease was a discharge of saliva from 
