THE LATE EPIDEMIC DISEASES OF CATTLE, &C. 579 
total number that had it in both places was about seventy. 
Those at his residence had not been intermixed or very near to 
any that had the complaint, until after it broke out, as he refrained 
from buying in on account of being clear from it. 
With regard to his sheep, who have all, or very nearly so, been 
diseased, he considered the complaint to have made great havock, 
not particularly in their absolutely dying, but in losing their flesh. 
A great many that were fat became quite lean, and so lame that 
it will be a long time before they recover, and this will not be until 
their hoofs are replaced by new ones. He has had about eight 
hundred affected by it. 
Mr. J. C. Beasley, near Grantham, had a herd of cattle in 
good store condition, feeding on grass only. All were attacked 
by this disease, soreness of the mouth, and stiffness of the joints. 
It invariably shewed itself first in the mouth, and none of the 
cattle were affected a'second time. He lost but one out of eighty, 
and that, he believes, was from taking cold after it had recovered 
from the disease. The milk diminished in quantity, and was 
useless at the time, but in all cases returned. With regard to 
abortion, he has had six premature births, but this did not much 
exceed the usual quantity. One calf had it so badly from a dis- 
eased mother, that he despaired of saving it for some time. None 
of the cows altogether escaped the disease. The cattle and 
sheep lost flesh considerably during the disease, but have now 
regained their health. 
Mr. Beasley’s steers were not attacked until they came into 
the yards at autumn. Cut chaff was given them, and half a pint 
of linseed oil twice in the day. They, in his opinion, recovered 
sooner, and with less loss of flesh than under any other regimen. 
Mr. Bryan Millington, of Asgaiby, near Sleaford, lives 
on a dry and moderately wooded farm, with a heavy loam sub- 
soil. Some infected cattle had passed along the road. His 
cattle were in good store condition. Ninety-two of them were 
diseased, and one only escaped. He was two years old, and the 
others from one month to twelve years. They were generally at- 
tacked in the feet first. This is not usually the case, but was so in 
the present instance. All of them were affected except the suck- 
ing calves, but none had the disease a second time. The sheep 
and cattle of some of his neighbours, however, did not escape the 
second attack. 
Twelve of the heifers had a pound and a quarter of salts, three 
ounces of nitre, and three ounces of sulphur given to each, and, five 
days afterwards, a course of tonic drinks was commenced and 
