Report of Commission on the Cattle Plague / by Andrew Davidson, Secretary to Commission.

  • Andrew Davidson
Date:
1880
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Credit: Report of Commission on the Cattle Plague / by Andrew Davidson, Secretary to Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Annexure (K)« Precis of the Answers obtained to the Questions. A series of questions having been drawn up by the President and Secretary was approved of by the Commis- sion and circulated among the Planters, Veterinary Sur- geons, and Owners of Cattle who were supposed likely to be able to assist the Commission by their knowledge and experience. Although a large number of copies of the questions were thus circulated, only about forty replies have been received. Instead of giving these in full, we have thought it better to summarise the opinions and observations thus obtained. When the answers embodied information per- fectly in harmony with common experience, it has not been thought necessary to reproduce them. Thus, in regard to the Symptoms of the Cattle Plague, the observations were in most instances so much alike, that only a few of the descriptions of the disease have been extracted, and these have been condensed as much as possible. The information obtained from the replies is summa- rised under the following heads. 1st. The mode in which the disease was intrcduced iri individual instances. 2nd. Mode of propagation generally. 3rd, Remarks on the circumstances tending to affect the spread or fatality of the disease. 4th. Symptoms of the plague. 5th. Period of incubation. 6th. Duration of the disease. 7th. Effects of inoculation. 8th. Effects of special modes of treatment. 9th. The results of isolation.] 10th. The proportion of recoveries to deaths. 11th. Instances of non-infection. 12tli. Recommendations. s