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I723~’24. Silesia, Poland and Prussia again suffered great 
mortality among domestic animals. 
The following epidemics are also reported : 
1726. Anthrax in Poland, Silesia and Saxony, among 
sheep in Eichsfeld and Thuringia. 
1731. Epizootic angina (the strangles) among horses in Eng¬ 
land. In the months of November, December, January and 
February, 1832-3, epizootic of influenza broke out among the 
horses of England, which was described by Gibson. Also in 
1734 an epidemic, described by Bartlet and Gibson, was ob¬ 
served and named by Heisinger an exanthematic fever. 
I 73 I-> 3 2 - The flying cancer of the tongue in France, Ger¬ 
many and Italy. In the spring of 1731 this disease was 
noticed in the Dauphine, Auvergne and the Borbonais, spread¬ 
ing afterwards over all France and the Rhine, and being ob¬ 
served soon after (1732) in Frankfort and Nassau, from where 
it again spread to France. Through the Palatinate, Witem- 
burg and Baden it reached Switzerland and Savoy, and from 
the latter Italy. Scheuchzer gives us a detailed description 
of the disease in his before-mentioned work, the quoting of 
which would occupy too much time. 
1740. The pox raged among the sheep in the neighbor¬ 
hood of Beauvais and again in 1754, 1761, 1762. Barbaret 
has left us excellent descriptions of the same. 
1755. A disease of the mouth and claws broke out in Fran¬ 
conia as related by the following description: The first ex¬ 
ternal sign of a diseased cattle was a lameness either in the 
front or hind foot. On making an examination of the foot it 
was found that the claws were festered, sore, heated and 
swollen. The mouth presented the same appearance. Both 
sides were a whitish-yellow, swollen, puffed up and full of 
sores, while a swollen blister covered the tongue. An in¬ 
ternal heat was also noticed and an uncontrollable desire to 
drink, accompanied by foaming at the mouth. The lameness 
and other symptoms disappeared when the burning yellow 
water had passed away and the diseased skin had peeled off. 
Where the disease had developed, more swellings appeared 
on the teats of the diseased cows, which lasted longer than 
