CATTLE DISEASE IN CHINA. 
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foreign cattle or limited to particular sheds. Referring to my 
notebook I find the following entries: 
“ April 10th.—I learn that a cow died on board the 
P. M. S. S. New York between Shanghai and Yokohama. 
She was shipped in good health on the 26th March and 
died on the 29th. She w T as taken from one of Mr. Keelers 
sheds to which the disease had not extended, but in which 
it subsequently appeared. Along with her stable companions 
she was carefully separated from the affected cattle. A sheep 
stalled on board ship in the same pen with this animal died 
also at sea. 
“ April 24th.—The larynx and about two inches of the 
trachea of a buffalo which was being cut up in a knacker's 
yard was brought to me by the market inspector. Mucous 
lining intensely congested, oedematous, throughout of a bright 
pink colour save at the attached margin of the vocal cords, 
where it was purple or leaden coloured, in this situation 
denuded of epithelium and in ttvo points quite destroyed by 
uceration. Between the arytenoid cartilages a patch of quasi- 
diphtheritic exudation or deposit adhering to a surface de¬ 
nuded of epithelium. 
“ May 13th.—Saw larynx of a buffalo killed beyond the 
Sinza village, it was said in consequence of injuries received 
from a fall. Mucous lining much congested, a superficial 
but distinct patch of ulceration at base of epiglottis. 
“ May 21st.—Inspected larynx and part of the great 
gut of a bullock, one of two said by the owners to have 
come from Ningpo. Said also to have died on board the 
boat in which it was conveyed to Shanghai. Laryngeal and 
tracheal mucous surfaces intensely congested and in patches 
denuded of epithelium. Much venous congestion of epiglottis. 
Bowel lining membrane also much congested, the longitudinal 
folds in the large gut appearing as red lines on the surface of 
the membrane. 
“June 12th.—Inspected the windpipe of a bullock taken 
from a butcher’s shop in Passinkew. This is character¬ 
istically inflamed, the mucous lining coloured pink and purple 
and appearing granular. 
“ June 26th.—Larynx and trachea of an animal just 
slaughtered, brought to me by the Market Inspector. Tra¬ 
cheal mucous membrane streaked red and purple, generally 
of light vermilion tint, here and there patches of adherent 
exudation. Laryngeal lining less markedly congested, surface 
finely granular. 
“June 27th.—A sick bullock, taken from the same shed 
in which the windpipe was found on the 26th, was stalled in 
