Report on the catlle plague, or rinderpest : presented to the three national agricultural societies of England, Scotland, and Ireland / by James Beart Simonds.

  • Simonds, James B. (James Beart), 1810-1904.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Report on the catlle plague, or rinderpest : presented to the three national agricultural societies of England, Scotland, and Ireland / by James Beart Simonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    our operations, although the animal had been dead about sixty-five hours. The flesh also was firm, and of a normal colour; the blood, however, was still fluid in the vessels, and of a darker hue than natural. It will not be necessary to give a detailed account of the morbid appearances which were met with in the viscera, and more especially as, in the course of this report, we shall have to describe these iji extenso as they were observed in several other cases ; suffice it therefore to say, that although they left no doubt of the animal having died from the rinderpest, they opened up new ideas in our minds as to the true pathology of the disease. Before proceeding to a description of the nature and symptoms of the malady, or the relation of individual cases of it, we propose to give in the next place the History op the Appearance of the Rinderpest in Zaurzez and Kamienica. Until the present occasion, the villages of Zabrzez and Kamienica, as well as all the surrounding district, have been perfectly free from the disease since 1846. I'he existing outbreak took place in the month of March, and was due to the introduction of ten steppe oxen which had been purchased at a cattle fair held at Jaczmirz, in the Leni- berg division of Galicia. These oxen came with large droves from Bessarabia, and from three to four thousand head were brought together at the fair. Jaczmirz is about twenty German miles from Zabrzez, and three full days were occu- pied in driving the animals to the latter-named place. They were bought by M. Berl Krumholz, farmer and dis- tiller, and arrived at the farm on the 15th of the same month, and, after remaining a few hours, were sent on to Kamienica, Avhere the distillery is situated. They were here put with foiu'teen fat oxen, but, in consequence of these animals being sold for slaughtering two days afterwards, the steppe cattle were returned to Zabrzez on the 18th. Here they were placed in a stable by themselves, and stood there until the 20th, when four of them were a second time sent to Kamienica, with ten head of young stock, and on their arrival were placed with twenty-one others. On the following day, the £lst, the six steppe oxen left at Zabrzez were observed to be trembling, which being supposed to depend on exposure to cold, they were put into a shed for warmth, in which were eighteen other animals, consisting of some young bulls, cows, and two calves. On the 22nd, the four steppe oxen at Kamienica were likewise noticed to be unwell and trembling, and, the true nature of their
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