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justified. Oq the 23rd all the symptoms were aggravated, 
and there was no doubt as to the existence of the malady and 
the speedy death of the animal. To guard against illusion 
and give this experiment its full value, the animal was sub¬ 
mitted to the inspection of several persons who were well 
acquainted with the malady of the mountain, and who were 
ignorant of the means by which this case had been pro¬ 
duced, amongst whom was M. Marret, a member of the 
commission, who one and all confirmed the diagnosis. It 
seems, therefore, an established fact that the blood taken 
from an animal perfectly free from carbonous fever or any 
other disease, but which had undergone out of its proper 
vessels a certain amount of fermentation and alteration, could 
by inoculation produce the characteristic symptoms of car¬ 
bonous affections. It remained now to test whether carbolic 
acid would stay the progress of the malady to this effect. 
On 22rd half a litre of the phenic or carbolicised water w^as 
given, which was sw^allowed without difficulty. At six in 
the evening same day there was a perceptible improvement 
in the state of the patient; notwithstanding, a second dose 
was given of the same. On the 24th, continued improve¬ 
ment, the animal ate his rations with appetite. On the 23th, 
the animal w^as in its normal state, and the recovery’ was 
considered complete. On the 27th of September, the bull 
No. 2, and the cow^s 1 and 2 of the previous experiment, and 
which had shown no symptoms, were inoculated with the 
blood taken from a cow which had died the previous even¬ 
ing of the malady of the mountain by six punctures, on 
the inside of the ears, as on the prior occasion they were 
very violent and resisted the operation. It was agreed that 
the first animal affected should be abandoned to itself, but 
the others should be submitted to the carbolic treatment. 
The cow No. 2 was the first that manifested the symptoms, 
and she died in the night of the 2nd to the 3rd of October. 
The next was the bull who showed symptoms of being dull, 
and having rigors on the 3rd. The malady was allowx^d to pro¬ 
gress so as to obtain stronger proofs of the efficacy of the 
malady. On the 4th, all the symptoms (which it is not 
necessary to repeat) w'ere aggravated. On the 3th, the 
malady being declared beyond doubt, and in an advanced 
stage, half a litre of the carbolised W’ater was given ; this 
was followed by the same distressing symptoms of asphyxia, 
&c,, which^had occurred before in the same animal in a 
former experiment, and were attributed to some of the liquid 
having got into the bronchi-al tubes, but this time nothing of 
the kind had occurred, and must thereby be ascribed to a pecu- 
