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CORRESPONDENCE ON RABIES IN COWS. 
“ Mr. Hudson has written to me to certify that he had attended 
the cow, and the contents-of his letter I wish you to publish also. 
“ From yours, respectfully, 
“ John Bonsall.” 
“Westside, Alstonefield, Staffordshire, 
December 15th, 1848.” 
“ Dear Sir,—This is to certify, that I attended a beast of Mr. 
Bonsall’s, of Westside, near Alstonefield, on the 5th of November, 
which died in about two hours after my arrival. On the following 
day, November the 6th, I made a post-mortem examination, and 
found that death had been caused by inflammation of the bowels: 
there were no signs of rabidness, either before or after death, as I 
found both the brain and the spinal marrow in a healthy state. 
“ Yours, &c., 
“ E. Hudson, Veterinarian.” 
“ 276, Shales Moor, Sheffield, 
December 12th, 1848.” 
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To the Editor of the “ Derbyshire Advertiser .” 
“ Sir,—Your readers may think it somewhat strange, after what I 
have previously stated in your paper, that Mr. Bonsall, of West- 
side, should still persist that his cows were not rabid. It appears 
that after I had seen his last cow, and decided that the three I had 
attended were all rabid, he sent for a person from Sheffield, in 
Yorkshire, a Mr. Hudson, to examine his cow. This person is 
not a veterinary surgeon, but a cowleech; his name is not on the 
list of those who have passed the veterinary colleges of London 
or Edinburgh. I have been informed, however, that he obtained 
his knowledge of doctoring in the army; but I should like to know 
which of her Majesty’s cavalry regiments are mounted on horned 
cattle. After the death of the sixth cow (the third which I had 
seen) Mr. Bonsall took all the remainder of his cows to Lenton fair, 
in Nottinghamshire, and sold them, in the face of my statement 
that they were rabid. I never gave any definite opinion as to 
what was the matter with the first cow, Mr. Bonsall being from 
home at the time when I saw her, which was only once. The second 
cow which I saw (the fifth Mr. Bonsall lost) was evidently in 
the last stage of the disease when I was called in : she was imme¬ 
diately destroyed, and I afterwards made a post-mortem examina¬ 
tion of her. There was no inflammation of any of the internal 
viscera, nor constipation. I have opened many a mad dog, and the 
post-mortem appearances were analogous. I requested Mr. Bonsall 
