207 
THE VETERINARIAN, APRIL 1 , 1833 . 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
ON CHOLERA IN DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 
The dire pestilence which, a year ago, threatened to desolate our 
island, has happily now left us, and is, therefore, possibly, a subject 
of less interest than it once was : but it went as it came ; and 
notwithstanding the unwearied investigations of the most talented 
of our countrymen in the practice of medicine, the nature of the 
disease is still comparatively unknown. The following account 
of the observations and practice of one of us, at Edinburgh, on 
this dreadful malady, may throw some light on the subject, so far 
as it regards our patients; and, as it is a subject new to veterinary 
science, we adopt it as our leading article. It will be convenient 
for the writer to speak in his own person. 
When the disease first made its appearance in Britain, I, in 
common with others, was naturally anxious to ascertain its pro¬ 
gress. As it approached the northern metropolis my interest in 
the inquiry increased. The descriptions given of the malady 
were vague, and I therefore wished to see a case in the human 
being, that I might compare it with that which I conceived to be 
the same, or an analogous disease, in the quadruped. This I at 
length accidentally had the opportunity of doing; but it afforded 
me little satisfaction. In a few days afterwards, however, I was 
enabled to observe the morbid appearances of cholera in a per¬ 
son who had died of that disease; and I had also the satisfac¬ 
tion of hearing a clinical lecture on the subject by Dr. Macin¬ 
tosh. In a conversation after the lecture, I was induced to offer 
some remarks concerning what I had observed of this malady 
among horses and cattle. This led to the suggestion of my stating 
my opinion to Dr. M.^s class, which I promised to do if another 
case occurred in my practice, the morbid appearances of which 
would enable me to illustrate my views. 
On the day following this conversation, a cow was seized with 
the disease, and died in eight hours. On dissection, the post¬ 
mortem appearances were so perfectly similar to those of the hu¬ 
man being, that, on shewing them to Dr. M., he expressed a 
