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the disease occurred; he had never been there and had been on 
a healthy diet with a lot of other cattle without any change for 
several months. I left him where I found him, with his bunch of 
cattle, and he only died, although they were all treated alike, 
with the exception of this inoculation. Unfortuately I was 
urgently called away, and could not proceed in the line of my 
work for some days after my specimens had decomposed. 
I am aware that this single inoculation and its results are insuffi¬ 
cient to satisfy the mind of the scientist and the professional, but 
it is at least very suggestive, and to me it is more than that, because 
I know under what condition the experiment was carried. I must 
wait for another outbreak to take up the chain of my investigations. 
At this point, however, I feel justified in saying that, if the exact 
causation is not yet determined, we have at least established pos¬ 
itively one very important point, and I !con ( sid<& this achievement 
of great value to stock raisers, veterinarians and scientists gener¬ 
ally. To the former it is a matter of finance ; to the latter, a 
matter of finance and scientific interest. 1 mean that the patho¬ 
logical nature of so-called mad-itch is comparatively well proven 
by the cases I had the good fortune to study. Whether further 
investigations sustain my suspicions or not, regarding the imme- 
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diate acting cause of mad-itch, its nature is now to me entirely 
different to what I had been led to believe, and this knowledge 
is of great value in my official capacity. And again, regarding the 
great resemblance of this disease and hydrophobia or rabies in 
their respective peculiar symptoms and lesions, there is a point of 
much interest to the student’s mind. 
From my imperfect researches regarding mad-itch, which 1 
believe are the first made, possibly some more able men may ex¬ 
periment and lead the practitioner to some good practical result, 
and thus benefit the profession and the country. 
Treatment. 
The various medicinal and other curative treatments have been 
with me a total failure. Suitable physics, diuretics, antiseptics, 
stimulants, antifebriles, narcotics, antiphlogistics, etc., have been 
tried in proper time and manner on different occasions, and none 
gave good results. Cold packing properly applied, and bleeding, 
