An account of the distemper among the horned cattle, at Caulk in Derbyshire, in 1783 : and of the remedies recommended, for the cure, with observations / By Thomas Kirkland.

  • Kirkland, Thomas, 1722-1798.
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[1783]
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Credit: An account of the distemper among the horned cattle, at Caulk in Derbyshire, in 1783 : and of the remedies recommended, for the cure, with observations / By Thomas Kirkland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    M we fir ft try what Jams's powder will do,1 which I am told has been ferviceable in fimi- Sar inftances. * But furely, from the flopping of the difeafe after bleeding in the dairy cows, we are authorifed to recommend the fame practice in future, before the fymptomoof in- fection appear. In another part of Mr. Oatons letter, <c it appears that few remi- “ dies were ufed, except bleeding, which did C£ no fervice in an advanced flage of the dif- eafe, but on the contrary bleeding has been ’ “ pradtifed on whole herds as a preventative, “ and none have been feized fince, ” and is -it not reafonable to fuppofe that by preventing inflammation we alfo prevent its immediate confequences. It is true a Gangrenous in- flammation, may be faid to have a. putrid tendency, or even to be a putrid difeafe, but there is not any thing which differs more, than the different kinds of putridity, all putrid difeafes are not attended with great debility, : nor * There is a fort fold for cattle/