THE PRESENT EPIDEMIC. 
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present Epidemic among Cattle, Sheep, Swine — its nature, treat- 
ment, consequences, &c. — fearing, or rather being assured, that 
many an error will of necessity be found in communications fur- 
nished by such informants, I take the liberty of requesting, and T 
do earnestly request, that you will kindly furnish me with answers 
to the following queries. 
Your assistance shall be duly acknowledged ; and we shall be 
able to produce, among us all, a history of this Epidemic worthy 
of our profession and our country. I could wish to have it at your 
very earliest convenience. 
I am, my dear Sir, 
Very faithfully your’s, 
W. YOU ATT. 
CATTLE. 
1. Locality] 
2. Soil, pasture, and previous feeding] 
3. First appearance of the Epidemic] 
4. State of the weather] 
5. Had these cattle any communication with other stock] 
6. Did they travel along the road on which infected animals 
had travelled] 
7. Did any servant, or other person, that had attended on -other 
diseased animals, come in contact with these animals] 
8. What is your opinion as to the infectious or contagious quality 
of this disease] Very particular and full here. 
9. What were the earliest symptoms] Did it appear primarily 
in the feet or mouth] 
10. Describe the gradual progress. 
11. Treatment, particularly the questions of bleeding and physic. 
12. Duration of disease] 
13. Number of patients and result] 
14. Number of diseased animals in your neighbourhood, and 
general result] 
15. What alteration took place in the milk ] 
16. How far did the condition of the animal, or his age, influ- 
ence the>complaint] 
17. Had it connexion with other diseases] 
18. Did it much influence the after-condition of the animal] 
19. Has the disease appeared a second time in the same animal, 
and with what degree of intensity, and what result ] 
