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covering, and believed a certain percentage did so recover. This bull was 
slightly affected, and perhaps would have remained so independently of 
the inoculation. He thought they could not rely upon one single instance 
and consider this treatment a cure for cattle plague. As regards pleuro¬ 
pneumonia, he believed they were satisfied there was some benefit de¬ 
rivable from inoculation, but they knew it did not produce the same dis¬ 
ease ; in farcy, cattle plague, and glanders inoculation produced the same 
disease, which was fatal. It appeared to him rather risky to inoculate 
horses with a poison for the purpose of preventing the ill effects of the 
same poison. Applied to farcy, he could not understand the theory as 
to how the inoculation acted, nor could he conceive how a poison taken 
from one part and introduced into some other part could cure the 
disease. In the report quoted from Percivall’s ‘ Hippopathology,’ he 
supposed it was considered in those days the best book written, but still 
they could not rely upon everything that was down in black and white 
in the present day. He had seen very bad cases of glanders, but had 
never seen or previously heard of typhoid glanders, but thought it more 
likely an anthracoid affection, and that charbonneuse had also been de¬ 
tailed as the same affection. 
Mr. G. Moore observed purpura hsemorrhagica had been mistaken for 
it, that purpura looked like glanders at one of its stages, and’ that if a 
man had not seen many cases he might make a mistake. 
The Secretary asked Mr. Furnival what class of horses the affected 
animals were; their condition and age at time of sale ; also, if lost 
sight of since their sale, could he take measures to ascertain where they 
went; if the whole or half the lungs were affected, and whether he would 
deal with glanders in the same manner by inoculation and treatment ? 
He thought if the preventive measure was to become amenable to treat¬ 
ment it would be beneficial to the public. 
Mr. Shaw asked how many days elapsed before they showed symptoms 
of farcy after inoculation ? In reply was informed he had not tried 
glanders because there was no Act of Parliament permitting him to do 
so. Mr. Shaw had seen a great number of affected animals, having to 
give orders for horses to be destroyed; among farriers it was called the 
“ black fass.” 
Mr. Hancock observed there had been a case at Poplar where the whole 
of the herd was destroyed save one cow, which was allowed to remain 
there for eighteen months; throughout there was nothing the matter with 
her; she was vaccinated, he got an order this cow should remain ; went 
to a shed in London and found three there; the man had fourteen 
affected with lung disease, two were no doubt largely affected with cattle 
plague, he thought the others were the same; the two were killed, the 
other not affected remained alive. 
Mr. Banham said he could corroborate Mr. Hancock’s statement. 
Professor Simonds had narrated a case of a cow which was inoculated, 
and stood with plague-affected animals and calved in the time. 
Mr. J. Moore, sen., saw one at the knacker’s that had to be killed; it 
was bad with the plague ; she was put among the dead carcases, and was 
found going about recovering from her disease. He had seen scores 
getting better, with cattle plague in a mild form, exhibiting all the 
symptoms, yet they got perfectly well. He believed Professor Simonds 
had said it was something similar to cattle plague, and not “it.” That 
was one way of getting out of the difficulty. 
The Chairman remarked Mr. Furnival had given a large field for 
discussion. As far as cattle plague was concerned, there was but a very 
small percentage that did recover. At the time of the first cattle plague 
in London, in the Edgware Road, there were 150 head of cattle with 
