A practical treatise on variola ovina, or, Small-pox in sheep, containing the history of its recent introduction into England; with the progress, symptoms, and treatment of the disease; also the experiments instituted to ascertain its peculiar features, and the best means to avert its fatal consequences.

Simonds, James B. (James Beart), 1810-1904.

Date:: 1848

Credit: A practical treatise on variola ovina, or, Small-pox in sheep, containing the history of its recent introduction into England; with the progress, symptoms, and treatment of the disease; also the experiments instituted to ascertain its peculiar features, and the best means to avert its fatal consequences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTEE I. Pago Small-pox of sheep, a new disease in England—Opinions of British authors on Ovine Variola—Antient writers on the dis- eases of cattle—General history of epizootic affections—Out- breaks of various malignant disorders among cattle and sheep —England visited by some of these scourges. Their supposed causes j.jg CHAPTEE II. Appearance of sheep-pox at Datchett—History of its introduc- tion—Its outbreak at Kingsland and Pinner—Experiment of exposing a sheep to the contagion—Inoculations with the ovine virus—Remarks on the experiments 17-35 CHAPTEE in. Ovination of a sheep—Observations on the causes of its failure— Ovine variola produced by contagion—Infected sheep sold in Smithfield—Communication and interview with the Board of Trade—Government measures—Preventive means advocated by the Reviewer of the cattle trade—Observations on quaran- tine, &c—Plan for regulating the admission of foreign sheep— Letter of Captain Stanley Carr—Seizure of variolous sheep— Police reports—Exposure of a heifer to sheep-pox—Letters from Messrs. Statham and Stroud on the subject 36-59 CHAPTEE IV. Nature and origin of variola ovina—Its epizootic character—Dis- ease produced by infection in various flocks—Mr. Fielder's description of the malady—Experiments to test its infectious

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