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gnaw and eat their wool, and died of bloody flux. Two dogs, 
who had been bitten, were attacked by rabies. 
During the whole of August colic, inflammation of the intes¬ 
tines, inflammation of the lungs, and inflammatory rheumatic fever 
conjoined with inflamed watery swellings of the legs, were very 
prevalent among horses. An ass was attacked by tetanus ; and 
a dog became rabid. 
In September, an unusual debility and want of appetite was 
observable among horses; vertigo and apoplexy were likewise 
prevalent. Among dogs an epizootic catarrhal fever appeared, 
which was in general, from nearly its commencement, accom¬ 
panied by fits. This epizootic continued to prevail until the end 
of the vear. 
In October, the most prevalent diseases among horses were 
spasmodic colic and inflammation of the lungs : among mares, 
daggers prevailed very much. Cattle were attacked by violent 
diarrhoea, and swine by quinzy. 
In November, a very prevalent influenza appeared among the 
cavalry horses, and also a few others. In the commencement it 
was attended by debility, difficulty of breathing, and other symp¬ 
toms of inflammation of the lungs ; but, by great attention and 
care, the disease became, in from seven to eleven days, a simple 
catarrhal fever. Dogs were affected by spasmodic cough, vomit¬ 
ing, diarrhoea, and scrofula. 
In December, bilious catarrhal fever, sore throat, and gangre¬ 
nous catarrh, were very prevalent diseases among horses; and 
cattle were attacked by inflammation of the lungs. 
Epidemics. —These were prevalent according to the seasons 
and the changes of the weather, but only two deserve to be con¬ 
sidered as real epidemics; and those which appeared among 
cattle in different parts of the country may also be considered as 
enzootics. 
The first of these diseases appeared in the upper part of the 
mountains containing mines, and is known by owners of cattle 
under the name of “ palsy in the cow.” It shews itself particularly 
in small farms, and not unfrequently carries off' three or four vic¬ 
tims every year. When the cow is first attacked by this disease 
it loses all appetite ; it is then seized with an insatiable desire to 
lick all foreign substances which are near it, and it wastes away 
so fast that its bones almost come through its skin, and the 
owner is compelled to destroy it. The cause of this disease ap¬ 
pears to have been the using of sour meadow hay as fodder, 
which, owing to the dryness of last year, many persons had been 
obliged to do. 
The second disease predominates in the early part of the year, in 
