F. S. BILLINGS. 
390 
tie and swine. The large cattle'market of Berlin and Hamburg 
are looked upon as centres from which the disease has radiated in 
all directions; railroad wagons also served frequently as localities 
for infection. In the vicinity of Breslau, numerous outbreaks of the 
pest came to pass in localities bordering on ways which were 
passed over by droves of swine driven from Poland. In one case 
infection came to pass by cattle from swine manure, and in another 
by straw from a sheep pasture. 
A favorable result is said to have been obtained by inocula¬ 
tion in some parts of Saxony. 
In W albreitbock, near Coblenz, a child became sick from con¬ 
sumption of uncooked milk from a cow with this disease. 
3. Pleuropneumonia Erysipelatodes. 
Fourth quarter 1877. 
In 42 Districts. 
In 81 Towns or Cities. 
In 108 Localities. 
First quarter 1878. 
In 36 Districts. 
In 66 Towns or Cities. 
In 72 Localities. 
There were in the infested localities— 
Fourth quarter, 1877. Fourth Quarter, 1878. 
3,377 cattle, 2,819 cattle. 
Of these 
were diseased, 
502 
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434 
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died 
22 
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officially killed 
426 
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406 
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by owners killed 
37 
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58 
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At the end of fourth quarter of 1877, there were 93 localities 
in which the disease had not been stamped out, and at the end of 
first quarter 1878,60. 
The decrease in the number of cases of disease and the 
increased per cent, killed per order of official veterinarians 
gives hope that it may yet be possible to effectually stamp out 
this disease. 
4. Malleus—(“Rotz”). 
The reports show an important decrease in the number of 
infected localities, also in the number of diseased animals, and in 
the number which died or were killed. 
