American Veterinary Review, 
OCTOBER, 1879. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
HISTORY OF CONTAGIOUS PLEURO PNEUMONIA 
IN NEW YORK, 
By J. D. HOPKINS, D.V.S. 
Read before the United States Veterinary Medical Association. 
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : 
From reliable information we learn that in the year 1843 the 
“ Lung Plague” was introduced into Brooklyn by a cow purchased 
by Peter Dunn, milkman, and kept in a stable near South Perry. 
This cow was imported from Holland. She sickened and died in 
this stable, and infeoted the other cattle which were kept there. 
From this point, the disease was soon carried to the great distil¬ 
lery stables of John D. Winters, foot of 4th Street, and into the 
Skillman Street brewery stables. In these stables, as in similar 
cases in other countries, the disease continued to prevail, and nine¬ 
teen years later was found in the Skillman Street stables by the 
Massachusetts Board of Cattle Commissioners, who, to satisfy 
themselves of the nature of the malady, verified their diagnosis 
