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side of thin part of the ear. Make a small incision with a 
sharp-pointed bistoury. Clean off the small quantity of blood 
and inject with hypodermic syringe two drops of the virus. 
On July 26th cow No. 3 had a very alarmingly high tem¬ 
perature ; at 11:30 A. M. temperature 107^ ; at 7 P. M. temper¬ 
ature 106 0 . All the rest of the cows had a slight rise in 
temperature. On July 27th cow No. 3’s temperature was 
102^-°, and, to all appearances, well. 
The ears of all the cows where the inoculation was made 
were swelled to a more or less extent. 
The following is the history of the herd of cattle owned 
by the Hudson River State Hospital: 
On the 27th of March, 1887, I was called to make a post 
mortem examination on a voung cow which had died the 
night previous. Results : On removing the skin the tissues 
appeared to be filled with dark haemorrhagic spots; the spleen 
very much enlarged and of a dark color; the abdomen con¬ 
taining a quantity of dark serum; the kidneys were dark and 
ecchymosed. The statement was made by Dr. Cleveland that 
they had lost from ten to twelve head every year at different 
periods in the same manner for a number of years. 
I proposed the vaccination of the entire herd with Chau- 
veau’s virus, to which the doctors of the hospital agreed. 
On the 31st day of March I vaccinated the entire herd of 
forty-four head. 
The temperature after vaccination rose from 1 to 6 de¬ 
grees, with slight swelling of the ears—one was very badly 
swollen. 
Of those vaccinated two died after a lapse of four years 
and four months of splenic appoplexia,—fortunately in a place 
where no cattle have been kept since. 
I also vaccinated the herd of Mrs. Wiley, consisting of 
thirty-three head, and Mr. J. Rose’s herd of sixteen head. 
There was no table of temperature kept of these two herds. 
Since 1887 there have been but two cases of splenic appo¬ 
plexia (the two of the Hudson State Hospital) in the whole 
district. 
Every year for over thirty years this disease has claimed 
its victims. 
