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Government to bring in a Bill.” He bad nothing to say on inocula¬ 
tion for farcy. Inoculation was just the same as vaccination. These 
cattle were affected before. If a child has smallpox, vaccination will 
not stop it, so it is with pleuro-pneumonia. If a cow has it, it will go 
on. There were five cattle at the same farm affected with pleuro¬ 
pneumonia as well as the rest; he treated them medicinally, and every 
one recovered. A week after another took it; he treated that and it 
got better ; as far as his experience went it was curable. He would not 
deny that other cows might take the disease any more than a child 
would take a disease after vaccination, but it was more effectual in 
cattle than in human beings. He treated them with phosphorus, 
bryonia, liq. ammonia caust., and extreme cases with j sulphate of zinc, 
according to the symptoms. He cured many cases of cattle plague 
medicinally. 
Mr. Shaw questioned whether cowkeepers noticed the disease until the 
last minute when the animal was nearly dead. 
Mr. Moore had been at a cowshed and seen animals even with shivering 
fits. 
Mr. Shaw said he agreed with Mr. Moore there, but how long was it 
before the cowkeeper gave notice of the disease ? Until the pleura became 
affected they knew nothing of it, and it was only when the cow no longer 
gave milk that they said anything about it. 
Mr. Moore said there was no such thing as pleuro-pneumonia; it was 
broncho-pneumonia; it was not pleurisy. He had seen hundreds of 
cases, and was certain he had cured several cases such as mentioned. 
Had been told by farmers, over and over again, that they cured every 
cow according to his instructions. A gentleman in Australia had sold 500 
of his pamphlets. This gentleman also told him the farmers cured every 
case by adopting his (Mr. Moore’s) treatment. He could mention the 
names of some who had cured cases when taken in time to give oppor¬ 
tunity. He went to Blenheim Palace, where there were some affected 
animals—some badly, exhibiting all the usual symptoms. He had a 
temporary shed put up for them, and placed them under treatment. 
Some time after he was asked if he recollected going to the castle. He 
said “Yes.” He found they had lost one lung, but were nice fat beasts. 
He asked what saved these. They were dying before he went down. 
He put them under treatment. 
Mr. J. B. Martin thought they had the opportunity of treating con¬ 
tagious cases as matters were at present; it was left entirely in their 
hands ; they need not say if it were pleuro-pneumonia, or what it was, and 
if they could cure such cases it would raise their reputation in the eyes of 
the public. He would suggest the discussion be adjourned to the next 
meeting, when Mr. J. Moore could bring in a paper, and give them the 
benefit of his treatment, for, if that gentleman had the power to cure 
these cases, it was a matter of the greatest importance to the profession 
at large, as at present they were ridiculed by the public for having to 
slaughter the animals instead of curing them. If they said the animal 
was affected with pleuro-pneumonia it had to be slaughtered; they 
might say it was a suspicious case, or something else; they had the ad¬ 
vantage of being able to treat them in any way they chose ; and if Mr. 
J. Moore was so successful in treating it they might have his treatment 
in detail. He wished to know whether, in any of the cases cured, the 
lung had been hepatised afterwards. Twelve months ago there was a 
case of pleuro-pneumonia which recovered, and was in the lodge now. 
He did not think it could spread the disease. He did not believe in 
any treatment in curing pleuro-pneumonia when once established. 
Mr. Price said, in tackling cattle plague by inoculation, he thought 
