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animals are rendered more susceptible to the influence of 
such poison by exposure to wet and cold, sudden changes 
of temperature, or by being suffered to live in badly ventilated 
stables. 
I was always under the impression that influenza was both 
contagious and infectious till the late outbreak; since then I 
have altered my views with regard to the contagion and 
infection of that disease. One among several facts which I 
could mention will bear me out in this question. During the 
month of July, 1872, a horse had been put to grass on Part¬ 
ridge Island in the Bay of Fundy. This island is three miles 
distant from this city. No other horse had been near the 
island from the date of his landing up to the time of the 
outbreak in St. John, N.B., and on the 15th or 16th of 
October, which was only two or three days after the first case 
was reported in this city, the horse on the island was affected 
with the most violent form of the epizootic. 
Would not the morbific matter have become diluted to such 
an extent (after travelling three miles) as to be inert ? 
There are many instances in which healthy horses were 
isolated and every means of prevention tried by disinfectants, 
&c., and even with all the precautions that could possibly be 
taken the horses took the distemper. 
Pathological Contributions. 
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 
1869. 
“ Return of the Number of Foreign Animals brought 
by Sea to Ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on 
landing, within the Month of February, 1873, have been 
found to be affected with any Contagious or Infectious 
Disease, specifying the Disease, and the Ports from which, 
and to which, such Animals were brought, and the mode in 
which such Animals have been disposed of. 
