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and moreover the healthy state of the flocks, and other cir¬ 
cumstances. 
The author inoculated flocks in which the malady had 
already broke out, to the number of some 10,500 head, with¬ 
out any fatal result in the different villages of the districts— 
Rummelsburg and Stolp—in all of which the malady prevailed 
more or less. It must be observed that the sheep were in 
good condition, and that all the hygienic measures recom¬ 
mended were strictly observed ; the weather warm and dry, 
and the wdnd moderate. If we have to deal with a flock in 
which there are a few individuals already attacked, the best 
plan is to separate the affected from the healthy, and then 
inoculate a few of the strongest either with good lymph or, in 
default of it, with the blood of the affected sheep. By this 
the malady is in many cases cut short, or, at all events, 
checked, so that time is gained for this first inoculation to 
produce good lymph for further experiments. 
When good virus is employed the disease is developed 
generally from the ninth to the eleventh day ; but if the 
inoculation is made with bad lymph, either foul or mixed 
with pus, the period of development is irregular and the losses 
are very considerable. This was observed frequently in the 
district of Stolp, where inoculation had been performed by 
shepherds and other individuals. 
The author relates the following case as an illustration : 
On a farm where he had to inoculate a flock of about eight 
hundred sheep, he inoculated a few of the animals, but the 
weather being unfavorable, the operation was not so success¬ 
ful as to induce him to continue his experiments with the 
lymph thus obtained. On the thirteenth day the pustules 
were found to be filled with pus, with the exception of one, 
wdth the lymph taken from w’hich the remainder of the flock 
w^ere inoculated ; meanwhile, a sheep proprietor from the 
neighbourhood called, for the purpose of obtaining lymph to 
inoculate his flock, and there and then took some of the 
sheep which were considered unfit for the purpose by the 
author. This proprietor inoculated forthwith his sheep wdth 
this purulent virus on the second day, and continued the 
inoculations, the inner surface of the thigh being the spot 
selected for the operation. The animals evinced at first 
great pain, became very lame, lost their appetite, and finally, 
out of 1000 sheep, l60 died ; while of the 890 inoculated by 
the author, only 3 died. As the best place for the inoculation, 
the author selects the ear. When performed on the inside of 
the thigh, the under surface of the tail, on the bare part of the 
chest, there is a tendency to violent febrile reaction, great 
