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GEORGE FLEMING. 
were a number of pustules, from the size of a pea to that of a 
kreuzer, surrounded by a red border, and containing a partly 
watery-looking and partly milky-looking lymph. In the course 
of the next day the pustules became desiccated. On April 24th 
four new pustules were seen ; these soon became encrusted, and 
were succeeded by others which were merely abortive pustules, 
and the case continued under observation for some time, not as 
one of vaccinia, but as one of chronic pemphigus. In 1876 it is 
again complained that cows were only reported as affected with 
pock when they became visibly unwell, the secretion of milk di¬ 
minished, and the teats so swollen and sore that milking was im¬ 
possible. There were forty-six cases reported, twenty-one of 
which were genuine, and twenty-five spurious. Successful vacci¬ 
nations were notified in a number of children, as well as some in¬ 
stances of accidental infection. One of the latter was a girl who 
daily milked a cow which had calved fourteen days previously; three 
teats of the animal had sores and pustules on them, and the girl 
inoculated her nose through scratching it while she was milking. 
In 1877 it was very prevalent, especially in July and August; in 
many cases difficulty was experienced in milking the cows, the 
mammae often requiring to be relieved artificially, and mammitis 
being frequently observed as a complication. Several cases were 
timeously reported, and accidental inoculation of people was 
noted. In the ambulatory clinic of the veterinary school there 
were 106 cows affected with ordinary cow-pox during the year, 
and eleven wtth the tubercular or nodular form (. Knotenformigen .) 
In 1878 thirty-six cows and two calves were reported, but in con¬ 
sequence of reaching them at an unfavorable period, lymph was 
collected by the district veterinarians from only five cases; this 
was successfully utilized. The Minister of the Interior had 
offered a reward of twenty-four marks to owners of cattle for 
every animal they timeously reported as suffering from cow-pox. 
None of the other German States include this disease in their 
reports. Belgium has issued recently a Health Report of Ani¬ 
mals (“ Etat Sanitaire des Animaux Domestiques”), published in 
the Bulletin of the Conseil Superior d’Agriculture. In that for 
1S77, I find that at Chatelet there was an outbreak of vaccinia 
