706 PLEUltO -PNEUMONIA AMONG CATTLE IN AUSTRALIA. 
ce Mr. Brock then read a note from Mr. Wragge, veterinary 
surgeon, stating, in reply to a telegram which he had re¬ 
ceived, that, if possible, he would be down to attend the 
meeting. 
“ Mr. Miscamble , in reply to the chairman, said he had no 
doubt whatever about the disease on Mr. Boadle’s farm 
being contagious. 
“Mr. A. Skilling informed the meeting that there were 
fifty-one head of cattle on Mr. Boadle’s home farm, four of 
which had been slaughtered. 
“ The Chairman was prepared to hear any practical sugges¬ 
tion for the obliteration of the disease in the colony. 
“Mr. Brock thought if the specimens Mr. Miscamble had 
spoken of were exhibited, there would be no mistaking the 
disease for the future. 
[Two pieces of lung were accordingly placed upon the 
table, one of them extremely heavy, quite solidified, and im¬ 
pervious to air; also bearing marks on the pleura of recent 
adhesion, and other morbid appearances. The second, a 
small portion of the animal’s lung, supposed to be cured, was 
normal, only that a tubercle had been formed, which was ap¬ 
pended to the general mass.] 
“Mr. Miscamble , in answer to a question, said that the 
disease seemed to attack fat and lean cattle alike. The first 
beast slaughtered was in excellent condition. 
“ Mr. If Arcy said pleuro-pneumonia was very different to 
the Cumberland disease, which only affected the spleen, and 
the reason of its fatal character had puzzled both medical 
and practical men, as it was known that an animal could 
exist without a spleen. 
“ Mr. M c Croxken then moved the following resolution: 
“‘That on hearing the reports of the committee and 
of the veterinary surgeon appointed to inspect the diseased 
herd, it is the oninion of this meeting that the disease in 
question is contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and that at present 
it exists on Mr. Boadle’s farm/ 
“ Mr. T. Skilling seconded the resolution, stating that, from 
his acquaintance with the disease in the old country, he had 
no doubt whatever about that on Mr. Boadle’s farm being 
the same. 
“ Mr. Shaw (who had just entered the room) said that, 
while he was satisfied from the appearance of the lung exhi¬ 
bited, that the animal from which it was taken was suffering 
from pleuro-pneumonia, there was no proof that the disease 
was contagious, or that the cases mentioned were more than 
isolated instances. 
