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MR. CHERRY’S LECTURE 
Mr. Cherry. — 1 quite concur in the remarks of Mr. Turner as 
to the general treatment of animals. I did not attempt, in my 
short address, to go into those questions which are generally un- 
derstood ; my object was to draw attention to those points which 
I conceived had not hitherto received sufficient attention. There 
may be cases of so aggravated a nature that bleeding is abso- 
lutely requisite ; but 1 have endeavoured to generalise, looking at 
the average condition, and not the particular instance. With 
regard to the removal of the animal from an unhealthy locality, I 
think the desirableness of such removal is too generally admitted 
to require any comment. 
Mr. Field. — Being possessed of a little land, with a few cattle 
upon it, perhaps I may be allowed to make a few remarks on this 
subject. I certainly have found counter-irritants of great benefit 
when applied to the chest, and to other parts of the animal ; and 
as regards removal, whenever the disease has broken out in any 
particular part, I have removed animals to another part, and have 
at once set about removing the chain of communication. Again, 
when I have found any thing like a cough, I have taken blood 
from the animal — a smaller or a larger quantity, according to the 
circumstances of the case. I think you may all judge, as you go 
round to visit your stock, whether there is any thing wrong as 
regards their coats. Perhaps it may be well, under the circum- 
stances, to administer something of a stimulating character. 
Perhaps either would be beneficial; but I do think that there is 
very little distinction, in this respect, between the ox and the 
horse, the same remedy being, in fact, applicable to both. I have 
certainly seen cases in which counter-irritants have been applied 
with much benefit, that after a time the animal has returned to his 
companions as well as he was before being attacked. I do not 
think that every animal attacked is to be looked upon as lost. It 
is not to be supposed that, if medical aid be resorted to, the animal 
has no chance of recovering. 
Mr. GABRIEL. — Bad atmosphere, a predisposition on the part 
of the animal, and other causes, have been assigned as producing 
disease; but I am disposed to think that the principal cause is the 
want of proper care and attention on the part of the cattle propri- 
etor. Until you get cattle proprietors to be cattle men, in the 
same way as the owners of horses are horsemen, you will not find 
that attention paid to them which they deserve. If a proprietor 
saw his favourite hunter ailing, he would not proceed in the same 
manner as the cattle-dealer does. If his horse gave but a single 
cough, what would he do I Why, he would alter the temperature ; 
lie would throw an extra rug over the horse’s quarters, and 
bandage his legs; he would make an entire change of diet (I am 
not now speaking of the medical man, but of the owner of horses), 
