ON THE EPIZOOTIC DISEASES OF CATTLE. 
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from a jobber : they had travelled some distance, and had had 
the disease previously. I saw them to-day. They can eat as well 
as any other stock, but are excessively lame. Two of them have 
lost a hoof from the hind feet, and the horny sole is completely 
separated in nine of the others. I pared all the detached por- 
tions, and dressed the feet with a solution of copper, allowing 
the parts to be exposed. I also gave to each a tonic draught. 
Dec. 2 3d. — Three of them are still excessively lame, and will 
require time and patience. I repeated the dressing and tonic 
draught. The others look much better and fuller. 
Dec. 21 st. — Four milk cows, near Allerton, have the epidemic : 
they have been treated by the owner with salts and sulphur. 
Three of them are now bad from mammitis, and I think they 
will lose one-quarter each, if not more. I am now treating them 
for mammitis, but I think that, if the animals had been properly 
treated from the commencement by tonics, the result might have 
been different. 
Dec. 22 d. — Mr. Gravenor Hedbrey had nine milk cows : I did 
not see them, but sent the tonic powders, by taking which they 
soon recovered. 
Some young stock became affected, and at the present time 
his milk cows are again suffering from the disease. This is the 
only case I have been connected with where the same animals 
have been twice affected. 
Dec. 23d.— A cow 7 , at bound, had been treated by the owner. 
He has this day sent for me to her. Her hind quarters are much 
swollen, and her teats are very sore. I am treating her as for 
mammitis: perhaps this severe frost may have some effect upon 
them. 
I will now turn to your questions, and endeavour to give you 
an answer on the various points. 
Locality. — East Retford is situated on the river Idle, the Great 
North Road running through it. The east is hilly grazing land ; 
the west — embracing part of Sherwood Forest — is a light sandy 
soil ; and the north, a deep strong clay soil. 
First appearance of the epidemic . — My first cases were on 
July 7 and 8, 1840, but the disease had been in the neighbour- 
hood in the May previous. 
Had these cattle any communication with other stock ? — Most 
certainly not, in many cases. 
Did they travel along the road on which infected animals had 
travelled?— In many cases they did, and thereby received the 
infection. 
Did any servant , or other person , that had attended on other 
diseased animals , come in contact with these ? — I think we 
