a brief account of the contagious disease which raged among the milch cowes near london, in the year...

A Brief Account of the Contagious Disease Which Raged among the Milch Cowes Near London,in the Year 1714. And of the Methods That Were Taken for Suppressing It. Communicated tothe Royal Society by Thomas Bates Esq; Surgeon to His Majesties Houshold, and R. S. S.Author(s): Thomas BatesSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 30 (1717 - 1719), pp. 872-885Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/103337 .

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( 872 3 njs; Motusl quo Mzchina qu:rque lllcontradionem a gitur, rationem obtiner compofitam ex ratione quadru plicata Diametri llomolog.z ipf1us Machinzs & ratic.>ne

inversa remporis, quo Machinz contrad;tio perScitlMtr; rel rationem conspofitam ex ratione potlderis NNacllitzz ratioxle ejuidem pol3dcris fiul5rtiplicatifi 8C rationeteXm

poris inversi. fhrorewata relia h fipeGastia in TY.raRlS

aNtione prowitse edenda enctibeDatar. . -

III. X !23rief Accagnt ovf tbe Contagioxs D0ewfe tphicb rdged atnons tlve Milcl) Cowes near- Londorl, rsa tSefiar 7l4* And oftbeMetbods tlvat were tJken for /Apprffig it. Coaamunicated to the Royal Society b3 lEhomas Bates EtJq; .Srr- geos to Hs-kajefEtes HoxfDold, a7ad Rw S S.i

A Boue tht middle of yul} the DiRemper appeatred ^ at I#X7fgtons and<> tllereupon their F;xcellencies tlle tords JuRices llaving notice of its wereopleakd tO C¢>m xnand that I {lwould cxamine tnto the truth of the Relixort of its being Contagiolls; an-d o-rderd the Lord Sarso?rt then Lord XYigh chANccllars to grant Xcll Allthoritit as wou'd be proper to make tlle Difcovery. ACCQRdinglY

Mr. Xilner, A/1r. Oflvy, Mr. RicbardJox, and Mr. Warif four Juttices of the Peace for the Cosunty of Middl%er^, u7ere appointed tO make tbe neceSary Examinations.

PurEuant to ehofe Orders x:7e went to IJliagran, were Mr. RAt]if had 1oR Tt0 oue of zoo; Mr Wrai' 6z OUtOf 7X; and Mr Pxlle^38 OUE of 87. Thcy vzere very unwilling to ossn it, Vcaute fo Soon as ir ffiould be- knosfn, none srou'd buy tllelr IMilk, but Mrw R+atXcSif, a Man of good JudgmF-nt in Cate, atter much per fwafion, gavc us the following accoungf wX. That x:hey

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( 872 3 njs; Motusl quo Mzchina qu:rque lllcontradionem a gitur, rationem obtiner compofitam ex ratione quadru plicata Diametri llomolog.z ipf1us Machinzs & ratic.>ne

inversa remporis, quo Machinz contrad;tio perScitlMtr; rel rationem conspofitam ex ratione potlderis NNacllitzz ratioxle ejuidem pol3dcris fiul5rtiplicatifi 8C rationeteXm

poris inversi. fhrorewata relia h fipeGastia in TY.raRlS

aNtione prowitse edenda enctibeDatar. . -

III. X !23rief Accagnt ovf tbe Contagioxs D0ewfe tphicb rdged atnons tlve Milcl) Cowes near- Londorl, rsa tSefiar 7l4* And oftbeMetbods tlvat were tJken for /Apprffig it. Coaamunicated to the Royal Society b3 lEhomas Bates EtJq; .Srr- geos to Hs-kajefEtes HoxfDold, a7ad Rw S S.i

A Boue tht middle of yul} the DiRemper appeatred ^ at I#X7fgtons and<> tllereupon their F;xcellencies tlle tords JuRices llaving notice of its wereopleakd tO C¢>m xnand that I {lwould cxamine tnto the truth of the Relixort of its being Contagiolls; an-d o-rderd the Lord Sarso?rt then Lord XYigh chANccllars to grant Xcll Allthoritit as wou'd be proper to make tlle Difcovery. ACCQRdinglY

Mr. Xilner, A/1r. Oflvy, Mr. RicbardJox, and Mr. Warif four Juttices of the Peace for the Cosunty of Middl%er^, u7ere appointed tO make tbe neceSary Examinations.

PurEuant to ehofe Orders x:7e went to IJliagran, were Mr. RAt]if had 1oR Tt0 oue of zoo; Mr Wrai' 6z OUtOf 7X; and Mr Pxlle^38 OUE of 87. Thcy vzere very unwilling to ossn it, Vcaute fo Soon as ir ffiould be- knosfn, none srou'd buy tllelr IMilk, but Mrw R+atXcSif, a Man of good JudgmF-nt in Cate, atter much per fwafion, gavc us the following accoungf wX. That x:hey

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firA refuSed tlleir Food; the next Day had E!usicilk Couglls, and voided Excrements like Clay ; their Heads fwelled, and fometimes tlltir Bodies. [n a lDay or rwo nzore there was a great dlfcharge of a Nsucols 3datter lDy the NoSe, and thAir Breatlls Imelled otEetlilvelyX Laftly a Severe ['urging (foetimes Bloody) which tero tninated in Death. Tllat fen5e died in tllree Days) and othe£s in five or f1sl ltut the Htllls lived eight or ten. Tha; during t]lCir t&llole illnprs, they refuSed all man ner of Foody and svere very llor.

YWe tllen advifed xvith fcveral of tlle Com leeshes, or Dodors, xv11o all agreed t'llat it was a hIurrain, or ra- .tller a Plaguc; and tllat the Metllods tlley had tryed for a Cure, had proved unfuccetsful Tllis DiCeaCe xvas fo furpriEng, tllat fome of tlloWe Men *rho uSed to look after tllem, were aliaid to go near them.

e tllen ordered foSC of the f1ck C8onvs to be HouSed, and Weveral forts of Cattle tO be kept with them9 to fee whether the Contagion would afieEt any other Species.

The next Day I made a Verbal Report to their Ex sellencies, of all tlle feveral Opintons and DiScourfes wbiclll I 11ave llad about it, and left them debatIng wllat Metllod tO take; at laR I was called in, and Ordered to confider of it again tlle next Day, and to deliver to -them in Writing XYhat would be proper to be donee AcB cordingly 1 drew up, and gave tllem the following Propolals.

I. That all fucb Cours as are nosr ln the poScEson of Mr Ratalig, Rs/ford, and Pxllen, be Bougllts Kill'd, and Burnr: or) at leaft, that tlle Sick be Burnt; and the Wcll kept and fecured on the Grounds where they now are, that fllcll of them as Sicken or Dye of thxs DiItemper may be Burnt.

Uuuuuu X Ile That



( 874 3 1f. That tlle Hotxres sn xx7hic1z thofe Siek Cors b<llre

Rood -be Wranzed very cleane aizd tizen inroaked by 1t.he burningof Picrllj Tarr and \VtA&50}iv a:z-d be k4bpc ttlree Months at IPAIV before any otltef OWS are !t;>ut rllprein.

i1I That the Fields xvhere tltO(e Sick COWS hs3ve ETra7ed, be kept Tsro htotltlas before any other Ccvsss are fufired ro Sand OL Grazer-hereon.

IV Tbat tlle Perfons looking aEcer fucll as are t11 ffioutd llavc 1Ro Commlln<carion witll tllofe tllat ^rc \Veit.

VrX Tllat t1ze ̂6ame M.;tlods be Obfeved if any On rlaer of tlte CowWkeepers 1ou'd ger tlliS Di(lenzper aw mOllg tllem; and tllat t!uey be a11 Summoned and coldk, that as Soon as ttley perctive any of tiltir Cows to ecX fute vlatir .Mcat, or blve any stIler Symptoms of tJh js

Di-Rem]?er that tllt-y immediately feparate tbem fr<>m th¢Xr otners, and giYE notice to fiuch Perfons as y<>ur ixcelocricles thall appoitltg that they may be Burtc and tlle piaces where they have Rood or Grazed to be ordered a; before

niTt. <hat ehe Cosrskeepers bc required to divitde Sueir CoNvs into fmall ParcelsX not mcjre than tell or {8t$7elV: iN a Field togetilnr and tbat tlley be alSouRed C>ch fatisfacRion for cotnplying Witll thefe Propoluls, as

your Excellencses 11nall think fiC; ali hicll is n-<>R humbl) Subtraitred, r

Tlze ncst day tT eir Excellenctes conGulted the feur (icntlemen before-named, and gave them Orders tO COtMz ply xvxtl] the preceedlng Propofals, and tO alloxv Fortw S gliS lisgs for every Slck Cow wllicll they BurnL, tilac 1l->>.^

ionged to Mr. Ratelif; Reford, and Failen; butthe fire ntercourfe xvhich both MaIlers alld Servants 11ad ghad Wr"5 wl; $ac11 otllers CQ\VS (lzefore-we were appo;Xa*<;au1)

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( 875 ) had fipread the Contagion i and tlle Dveafe began foon to aX3pear itl fe^7eral orller N7eighbouring plares.

Slle GentlWmen then fummoned all the Cosr keepers in the County, and acquainted tllEm Will-l the 250\7e named P;opofals (tO moft of \\71]iCll tcty' readily COl- plyed, as being vi(ibly tlseir inrereR) and ofEcrcd tlen Forty Shillias for e:7ery CONY svilicil ttley burnts tilat

had not been Sick abos7e tsz7entyXfour Hours; but for

fitcil as had been longer i11 or wcre IDeadj tIruey vrou'd

allow them only tile valuv cS tlze jr t k.s and Horns. Some of the Cow-keepers a?peared noi content wir'n

tllis Regulation, and bolisVig ttl2t Clle Di.Cafo xvea'd become general) defignd to have Gold Ll-iesr C3o-vs at fome dtRant Marker; whiclt the CIeneleuen haslng notice oS, appoinred feveral Eutchers to VVatch near tlleir

Grounds? and count their NXumlcrs every Morning, wirll Orders tO follow fuch as they fent co any tQarker9 and prevent their being fold, by telling tlle pcoplc >v-hac tlley wzere.

Another great ObStacle at the frR was the Cox^- keepers not oVIling tle Difeare, tllt tl.lcy had lo{t fe veral of their Cows, for Go foon as it utas knoxvn tllaC

any Man bad but one Sick, none wou'd buy llis N5iSk; alld to tlaofe who kep-many Cosss tisac lofs was cnfiderable.

Nor wsas there ever xva.tlnb one or otller WhO gave

then. hop-es of a Cure. o obviare tl2eSe three diEculties, tlne Gentlemen

encouraged tllem to 11ope for a Briefw lrat aSured them that fuch only as complved witll tlle(e Directions, ilaouXd

Ilave any beneSt by irO Accordingly ahey ordered a daily account to bc rakcn of the tondudt of eacll Cow- keeper, and aliowcd or diralloxa7ed tlleir pretenons ro this Brief, as xvell as to thv Forty ShilztaWs per CosvX as they complyed vr ditregarded thefs JIJixedlons



( 876 ) This llad a pretty good efEcer; but here in E7sglaad

where every Man is at libtrty to difpofe of his Cas:tle as lle pleaSes, nothing but making tllem fenfible thal: it was eacll Mans particular interefi tO comply >tith thfe Metlzods cou'd do ; this, tllo' true in fad;t, yet the Rea- der will readily judge tO -be very dfficult among fuclll a NtU1mbiAt; but the Gentlemen fpared no labour [o Plc

compli{h it; for that purpofe the) futnmoned tllenz oce or txvice every Week, urged all that cou'd be 'aid to Jin-

duce tlleir Complyance, and olmitted no sv-arr!antaltJe lZlCJNS tO fruRtratc tI eir Folly.

l lad Orders from tlle beginning to affi1Ll ehoSe G<5XnZ tlemen with my Advice, which I did at moIt of their Meetings; as alfo tO maJce a firid:ter enquiry into 1l:1ze DifeaSe by DifEedions: eFc.

Accordingl-g I difcourSed tIze Ccsr leeches about ille Curtoms and lDiSeafes that Cowt were fulzjed to, aJnd conEulted fucll Books as treated of them; but concet}n- -Xw tllis DifBaSe, l cou'd gain but fmall- affi1dance frczm eitller.

I tllen made DiflSedions of fIxteet] Cows, in difte- rent degrees of Infedion; and found the Putrefadion of their ZiJverA tO encreafe, in proportion tO tlle tiJtne

-of their Illnefs. The fir0 five tllat T opened,had hearded witll tllofe t]fibut

were 111, and the Symptoms of tllis Dillemper were jllft become vifible 9 in thefe, tlle GaIlwbladders were larer than ufiual, and hlled with Bile of a natural TalRe and Smell, but of a greener Colour. Their Pancreas's were ffirivelleds fome of tlle Glands ob(truded and tunli- fied. -Many of the Glands in tlleir Mefefxterys were rxviice or tllrice their naturalbignefs. Their Lungs were a little inflamed, and their Fle(h felt 11ot. All other parts -nf their V.sJcera appeared as in a healthful State.

'Islle



( $77 ) Tlie next fix that T openeds had been ill abous two

Days; in tllem the Livers were blacker tllan ut<uals and Sll two of tllem, there was feveral Cyfis hiled sstith a litrified Sulzllance like Ch.alk, about ttle bignefs of a Pea Tlleir Gallbladders were twice tlleir ufual 1>X* nefs, and filled with .lYile..of a .natural Taf:e and §mel!, bllt of a greener.Colour.than tlle 6r00 Their ParcraXs were tllrivelledfi fome of.their Glands very. largc and 11ard, a;d of..a blackinl.. Colour.. Tlle. Glands in tlletc Mefefgteres ere maay of them Sve tinatS Llleir natura;

]3igneEs, and of a blackifll COIQUr Tlleir Lungs wtere lnflamed, utitllSeveralCm.all.Cy(tsforming TlzeirIn- tefiins Were full of red and black Spots Tlleir FleM vas rery hot, ttR03 not altcred in eCoJou

The tive laR that I openedX srere .very near- dyittg- in tllem..l foulld tlle Liver tO be lJlacktthJ mucll Shrio velled.and Contradted, and in tllree of. them) tllere utas feverali CySts as big as. Nuts or N.utmegs, fille-d with a Petrified. SubStance likeO Cllalk Tlleir..Gallobladders were about tllree times tllcir uEual bigneSs, and filled with Bile of a.naturalKTafle.alld..Sul.ells but of a deep Green Colour..5 Their. Pansreass were Sbrivelled and Contradaed, many of tlleir Glands very Jarge and Ilard,, and of a blad COlOure Ithe Glatld.s in their MeJrenteys uter.e ma.ny of tlzcm diltended tO eigllt or ten times tlleir natural..bigneSsg .Nvere very Black, r and in th Pelvis o.f n^o.A of. ehoSe Gland.s in--two Cows, there was a yellow PetrefaEion., of ehe confiflence of a fandy Stonee. Tlsexr. InteRines were . the Colour. of a !Snake, tlleir in- ncr Coat;..excoriated. by .Purgingj Tlleir Lung.s were- mucil inllam*^d,. with . feveral .CyAs containing a yeliow Purulenc. Matter,.; tllally of .them. as big as a Sutmegt Tbeir ..Fleth was cxtrcanl. hot..3 tluo' very little altercd n. CoLour..

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(878 ) 1 11ave here only given you a general account of Imy

lzllfiedions, in tlle three diSerent Stages 05 the Diteafe; for as rhe difference nvas bur fmall, and the Dikafe incuralole, it could ntithe-r be uSeful nor pteaXant to tlze Reader, tC) 11ave each particuhar DifRedion at large, t1Ro' I lzave now rbe Minutes by nce But the following Cafes beIng very extraordinary, I coud not omir ehe

mention of tllemy viz In one of them the Bile uvas Pe trilSed in its AJeliels, and reSembled a Tree of Corral, but of a dark yellox^7 Colour and brittIc SubiRance.

In another there were {everal Inflammations on tbe Li. ver, fome as large as a llalf Crown} cracked round the

Edges, and appeared fepara£ing Jarom the Sound prts like a Pellilential Carbuncle.

n a Il1IRd} rlle Liquor Gontaned in the PetivvYda:m (for lubrorating t1Ac Heart sn srs Nlotion) appeared liRe tile fulfidings of S?AJ Cv*1ris ; and had excoriated, sztnd given as yellovv a Colot2r to tlle >?hole Surface or Itlle Heart and Perivardiz;w, as Aq;XJ Calvzs cou'd poSibly have done.

In givirg my Opinion of vllis DiRempers I mtaS l>eg; leave tO pr>mxCe, thaL all Cows llave naturally a PurZ gatxon by thW A3sxs for five or fx \Veeks in tlle Spring, fronl (as tllC Cowokeepcrs terna it) elle frimneS of :he Grafs; during svllicll titne thcy are brisk and livety, thleir

Milk becxmes rtainner, ad Gi a blewiM Colour

i;>Wec£er to tlze Tafie 5 and tn greater .>lenty: but t:1le

Vpring preceeding tllis Ditlen?perfi wJas all osfer casop:

ro dryZ v11ar £le like llas not 13cen kbnown in the bdeF nlory of any one 1xvwzg; the confequence of wlzicb stzas liEttC Grafs, and tllar to dry and void of that frimnefs

wlzicll it Ias in o!zer Years,.tllat X could not bear of

onQ -Cow keeper? wilo had obfXrved lliS oWS tO h,xlYE t11at Purgation in ttue fame degrce as ufiual; and v-Cry

Scw wllo had obServsd any ar a11. Tlley all vgr<;Scd

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( 879 ) tllat their Cows ha-d ItOr given above half fo mucl: Milk thar Sunlmer as the}? did in otbers; that fe of tlzem were aImoft dry; thar tlse Milk they did give wtas mucll thicker9 and yellower than in other ]itears. It was obirved -by the urlsole Town, tllat very little oftbe N5ilk tllen fold arou'ld! BQYI witllout rarning;

and it is a known Truths tllat the weake(t of the comw nmon Purges you can give a Cow entirely takes away ller Milk; from all whicb (zjircumRancess 5 tllink it e- vidents that the want of that natural Purgation was tlle fole cauSe Or this DiCeaGe ; by producing tlloSe Qb- ItruAions, xvhicll ternlizated in a Putritadtion and made tbis Di(tensper Contagiou¢*

During nly daily Converfation at tllt time wtwitl ('Jow^ keepets, e9>v. tllere occurred many otler Cilecunzfiat* ccs of leSs Motrents to confirm me in tllis Opinsons but as there za7as no one reaSon tO give me tlle leaS norion of any otller GauSe, I {}lall not trouble tlle Rea der with a uileSs detail of tllem

Cows are like*ife filbjed;t tO a Purgation (tllo' In a lefs degree) from ille fame quality in trie 6Xfa{ss about the latter end of Septe?7gber; svhicll is called t1ze larter Spring; and wLtlcll I believe contributed not a liCcleX

to the preYenting tlle encreafe of tlliE; Di(lemper; for ttnis Purgation cotning fo foon after tlle llifeafe appearw ed, it is not ul3reaGonable tO fuppofe, rllat it freed fucll C ows as were not much injured fronz tile ill ef- feds of thoIc Ol(trudions, occafloncd by 1ze svant of rllcir Vertlal Evacuations.

Several Phytitians attetnpted the Cure, azd made many ESays for tilat purpofse; but vlle lliSedxons con- n7inced me of the innprobability of thetr fuccnwdirjgg with xvlltch I acquainted their Excellencies. Ho>ever tlley lzaving received tlle follozzing Rese and D*srew dions frona fome in Hollaxd, faid to 11ave b;>vts aid

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( 8So ) vllere with good fucceX, -gave me Orders to nraite tryal of- it a But the eSeS was anA. er.able to my expeation, for ill very many xnttanceSX i uzas riot fenfible o5 tEl: leaft Bcnefic.

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SSedri ana'§sij 4Xff*ySeeJit P#p!'^Us See PS;l trsxJa24 1s°* 3 3 8. is >e Th.s Pow2er s to be given ir} Water) c.na Ouzce

at a tlmet three (3r four Morninqs fucttIEvely s thvn reft four Days, vnd if the DiliaX CXtiSSCE;s tCp;t the

Sowders in %tArln \Vater, es beMm. l think tllere is no ore ?t4^thed ;X1 PraEice, but va?hat

xvas tryed on t1zls QccafRotz} *Xo' t cannot Xy th1AE ;Sl}ly

of thenl wras attellde<3 Wltil XN appearance of Suceci 9

Wxcept tllat of I3teeding pientifblly and givlng g£Cait quantiXies of Cooling anu t3ilutirug Liqulds. buc by znis Met+heds the infianceE; Of <uCCttS A?et( 6) fEwi tliltt :hey do not deferve any iMrther nantion.

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1 belr 124XCC tIlClCS D£lNg Intormcd t .lat the 7eec xng Cows wstll DiSillcrs Grains s:7as a new twuftom, and s-xas tlle cauk of this DiCeares gave me Orders to exaZ m.ine lnto t-'ae Trutll of it; but apon enciairyy I fUvand it t6>haveb¢^tathePradice of {c^7crai ot tlct>ot kecpets

av: tw¢nt;r Yests witlloaxt the lalt appearance of



(881 3 anzr ;ncontenience; and t-hat fome of rtlofe Pfons uho had fuSered moR, llad neYer gis7en any Nor is tllere any di(rence betwtcen tllofe of t'e%TS nd DiRiilers$

onlt tilat the latter are the dryer. lt was ltkewife faid, tllat tt want of tWater B7aS

tlle cauSe of tlllS DifeaSe, for that tlle Springs ard plat ces wllere People uSed to VR7ater their CowAsv were almofl; every wllere dry; alld tliat many vrere obliged ro rend tllem feareral Miles fior-Water. I*llis mtghz pros duce fotne Difeafes, but fuch otlly a§ tllvy .SqrOt by the ;icigue of being driven fo far; for Mr. batsZfg Rtrk S/o

fSrv and Mr Pallens the tllree PerStas 'rgere this D SPa6^ tirft appeared, had tile New River \Jater rltanlng rllro' tEze very Grounds xvllere tl tir C0ws con5antly Gfazed, and cou'd drink at tllexr Pleafure) and fo llatd z1oR of tlle Cow-keepcrs ac ZJIgntov

rt;ere svere at tilat time fex7eral oLller report§ of ttr.e $auSe of tits Difeafeg Lzuv nenc tllat had a X-es oF ]?eaSons

.1zaur tlle 1atrer end of S6ptvXSSvrs the IDikas2 sav creaScd) and the Nulub>rs broa;gtut to b bu^n£ Azf9gc

{o greac tllat it cou'd NbE be wcll execure4; >1^cr:¢o;e ic ras ldged propex only EO tUty' tlldirX Skecn or trvenW ty Foot dtep: but firA to nzake larg TnsifiOns in tiactz

:]zoft FleMy partsw ani to cover rlet;z viirn g-uSik*l.mef At t^1ln famc tin< having Iaotice that ic 9iTas $ CuRo-m

N\Zitt1 tit CJ'c;Wbkeepcrs, to fetId tlicir Calve9 when a Weele old to R>-vxfd, vi; tobwt Soid; andapprwllend- xng by t}is mjeaXs CI1AE tl]C COXLg;ON m$OlAC lze CArriCD into tile Country, i r>quired all fuch as had Sick Coxvq, to tor;ng rlleir C3lYES L0 lJe burtWd v to whichj tlicy rea-

dily collfenre-d, and wcre allowed from Fxwe to [ea Shil- iiS?s nwer Calf.

n [1ze Ieginnol1g of OcGober, being informed tll7t fomAe o th]9 CowJ in No folt, sgJSfs : ansl M-ea r,6 stGflRirg llad

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gOt tlliS DiVeaGe, and appr-lzending that it utou'd iZ come gen+*ral; i gal7e in tbe following Report to a Comt nittee oF Council.

Tl1e 31:)iAemper alueng the Cattle encre-aGnig, and be giniling tO appear in Scveral otller Gounties, I thought it My 9iGby tO acquaint your Lord^ip, Witll tliE ha zard that may attend tlleir not being duely buried. 1t is tile Opinion ot alt Aut'.<or3 in Phyfi1ck Ihac treat: of Co-ntagious iDiScafes, as well as of Several of ̂ tlze Phyfil- tians in ^lown, that a PutrifaEtion of fo many Cows as vllere is reafon to fear will dye of tllis lDiflenlper, may produce fotne Contagious Di(EaCe among M:en X ursle.fs they arc iburied fo deep that tlle ftlfedtiousg(-

NviJ cannot injure tlle Airt wbicll I an] certaXn l:las

very feldom been conaplyed witll, except in the Coun- ties of Middlefex, EffiexX . and SBrry, rlle Gentlemen iena- pAloycd being capable of ad:tilzg in tellofe Countses Q

ly. It is affirzled by feveral nos^7 ltvin tlat Cllere

was a Mortality among the Cattle, a little before tllX

laS great Plague in tbe Year 6GS, ubhich was impulted tO tlle u>ant of a dueCare in burying themO- And our Lordllltps nzay know of what inlportance ita u;as judgw ed by ehe King of Pr<a, tllt States o f Holland, andl feZ veral other Princes and States., by tllte tare tlley tDok

to publith Decrees and PIacartsj commandtng tlzenl to be buried uon pdiA of Deatha or otller Severe penal- ties and I llumbly concein7e it >7ou'd be ne-ceffiary, nor anty to bury tlloFt wllic!:] ffiall Dye, but tat tUcll a+i are already E>ead rllay llave tlle Came Care t as alSo that t:lley

b-;e buried ntne ortetz Foor deep at lealt. All vllich is moR 11umbly fubazitted Ga.

TJicir LordfBips tt10UgtRt Sthto defer a11 procces:iing upon tllis Rep-ort, tillttlzw I:)ifiempter !bccoming nWlora

neral llaou'd make st2 NTece«tarv; but 1[ Phank <sod at Nw¢L;ity £iCY¢t ipp¢n&, 0t \atiLlliAl three \vbbeks



t 883 ) ¢ur a Montll apter tlle giving in of tllat Report, tlle fol- 3ovUing particulars concurred tO- pUt an e£d- to- tlle Di {ea(e.

The Cows began their latter Purging, wlzscll con- £tibUted mUCtl tO preYent ehe DiSeafe fr appearing in frenz Places; and tlle Cow keepers uere convinced- that the DifeaSe was i-ncurable-

The knowledge of £1ze DiSeaSe war (pread 11 over Englasd; fo tllat nGene wou d buy a Cow in elle s* 0Ur} try; and tlle Gentlemen prevented their b<ing l;iXlyd in Town, by 11aving v1ze- Markets exanlinod daily; and fiucll Meat condemned as ap-pea.red Sufpicious

They no-w divided tlleir CGMVS jnTO fmall Parcels by wllich tiley 1oR otzly rllat in wlicll tbe lDiCeafe llape pened, whereas before that lSlethod, wllen onc-Cow got this Difeate, if {he llad herded wnitll One, lwo or Three Hundred (the Contagion was fiuch) (carce ont did eScapeO

ThoWe- who llad no Sisk Cosrs avoided all- Com- munication witl)faxcll as laads

Tlley likewiSe found tllat tilP keeping thesr Coz?s Co long when 111, 1]2d beentllle cllief t:auSe of tllesr Lors;-

they there-fore nov^^ brought rhenz ro be Bured on the fir{t aptpearance of the Difeafet before tllC Gontaon- cou'd polEsbly llave mt to any greaE heighto

Thefe were tlle eScAs of tlze Cow"koepXrs dear Souglzt Experience; but it xvas the lnde'asstable Care- and Diligence of tlloWe four GentleniCxa. E ho gase a dais 3y Attendance, I)OEIL early ad .ares tleat fecured Gret BritJin from rhat tCtfibl& RaXage elulch xvas made by tlis DiRen jper sn {er7er^l parCs of ExrapP-

lflhe feverity of ;1zs ;);L<ea*Z-:e its krgl2?d did ot iaR abovs elztve t>$0nLh5 * t1Xo lt u>as net entirely i-"uppreIEca Si11 X5-OUC PP//J94S ° BUt 1 SCVCrA19 OLeR CO2XtRiC-S MST SOt1nGC61 #*>;YO Or tt- SttCk[S; S 3nA ll' Am*z3CgdlM?1y t{

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( 884 3 Gured, tllat in Holland it now rages witll as mucll nf04

lence as ever; and tllar they have loft in C>aws Oxen and lSulls, above Tllree Handred Tlloufand

Tlse lJrovidence of God I<as fo difpoScd vle nza¢ter tf Atli.mAl oGiCSy S tO rcinderContagiousDiteates ve ty feldom infedions to di<eret;L Spccies; bur ExpeW ricitce detron+trates, tilSt Cantagions may be conltau- icaed l:o tllC ianze SPCCIeS, w COuClZ.ing tlle Wooen,

1w;XSnS &v. tO wiliCll rile ltlidious oStt Of thic Diteafed iwad adheted$ tho' t1ue tsvo Bodies Ibould be at averygSeatdiflance; asld I rcrsly belice tiatmore Hundred) dicd Som ttlC inCedton, svl-iich %%a5 carr*ed lzy the Bnrercourli £ilat tlle CoW keepers had witll eacLx ot1ler, t5lan {i.ng3e cnes by the original Purrlfidxone

Elae N;a£ure of Con<agious Diisaks sre but little underRoodw and ito svould ncitber be agreea5le to my O;>fige, no3: uSzil to t11e Pu2oliek} to {ay more of this £l\aX} WI1aX wYas evsdent: trut t llave been parricaalarly cr^^+>u1,, rot to ol,nic any thitag AvYateria!, c1ther fUr Ctwitltillg t\]i] DiiarC O; manitefiing tlle Meakods that S4t7tUC t2kCS 49o0 FUPPrCE[}g iCS becau¢.^e it is more ta} ;)Cobas1e tILar [1{we tXne Cte rroa¢'d bc cqutlty lacceSX Sui in ally o£1ler Species ol Cattie.

OS12C number of Bllli3 atld CQ\^?S 10Ct SY tllis IDiSeafe, i} t1ac Co;lltses of AXtiddkfX ffit.t azzcl Sswry, we*e

>. wu rs > r * X 1 ^ v t t

Caistes} Four EIundl*ed av3d siStl tt3r NitXv 7 anCl t;he Mo ney sEsiAd for tsCaz« at Fatt<s o.r Aa Suilliqs -er Cow, @az utas the Royal Bounty of 1lis h4ajettys from his

\^tS Ci\'ii ^.ti SI:IU t11oX C1FX1tCES tlze isr 6cttlcmen,

nor Ts mwi>}e a::y dwn>&nd fslr a lleward ot for EJxDences) 87!tr 9t 24asit Ut Q t O &7 X ..Ws 1. t 3, X 8 tut t^¢ entsre IoSs to the 2T+]ttt1^v-rSt 2S GCtlYtftd lIl UpOA 03t1, W2$ ?>tcta t0 (xcl-utsee of tlle 6774/ t s. X f2*j tSO' ¢(,*

p4UfCC tr^f; t SX;>¢ POf{SS ptt t68rY > \?lZi Xt [31 illedialuln,



( 885 ) xvas nor morw tian tlleir Eetiyme CoRr th-e dearne& of Reepinjg Lhem ncar LonJon necelTicating tlle CouZ kce-p- ers to buv rhe very beft.

His ljelly was further pleafed on tlle SellocitaXasl of the four Gentlemens to grant a Brief fot the 14iOQ !* but the many falbe Reports rllat were tlletl izdutrJ;ouS y protoagatedS to lein the value of tlloGe poor Mvus loSes, fo fruRrated that tlarityf that the entsre bum Colieded (rlle charges of Colivdirlg being flv0- paid) xaac. but 6X78 i. z t. 6 A %7hiCil ON a Dividendt a<mount- ed to F;ive ShillSrgs and fAree H"lf Penae in the Pound, con7putiag tutir toX as above, at Six srssadJ 7rr Cov 9 rilof if we confider £1nesr Con£ratSts W1vI1 SvOtSerS ji: Grainsf tel: Rene of Grounds svhich lay uWI>ttss Sek vants ss-nges} Cr; thexr r-ea1 t oSs ntay ;$ by a n jednS V on" putation) bc alleXcd to be tr FSXs for cvc*y Covf t13at died,

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1v X PtoficrLt3n f tke C)rgXrl of Hcarint Rz the Ekephant, ;ri.D t/?e Egnrtvs }zdSti-uat¢Xez of tbe )ffiXcscs) T <byr^2th ued CoWhica i- the Eat

of ttat l4rge StZt@?ZAlw 022Z*2;N}¢lCuXtC;-l to tte Roy

at Soclety) As De Pairick lSlairX (J%1S+Re

TNX t1ze Detctip;;n T orm+er!^y rrefe to tue Henor-rSda 1 Slr HilSXf;^ S5lArISds B2kftO of t}l> ElPphJvt S DiAt2ed4 in t.¢X;<.l , ASo X 7ad. hch ne Bta5 pleaizeu c¢) Ceis]-tu

m.gwtate to the WolSociet as you ilav-e ic in Phtz/Gg Irarf. A2. zzd ^XyX I treaed of the Bny pat o+, the EaX tf tt3£ prGd:gicus Aninzal a IitS;Ic tes tuI£atr-iciallysr bectut59 } usas u>rwiliing at tiac timc ro brcak up £t(:

05 ptzsfim of the xighc EaL} Wiiish sad accldental y tD.,iO CS

( 885 ) xvas nor morw tian tlleir Eetiyme CoRr th-e dearne& of Reepinjg Lhem ncar LonJon necelTicating tlle CouZ kce-p- ers to buv rhe very beft.

His ljelly was further pleafed on tlle SellocitaXasl of the four Gentlemens to grant a Brief fot the 14iOQ !* but the many falbe Reports rllat were tlletl izdutrJ;ouS y protoagatedS to lein the value of tlloGe poor Mvus loSes, fo fruRrated that tlarityf that the entsre bum Colieded (rlle charges of Colivdirlg being flv0- paid) xaac. but 6X78 i. z t. 6 A %7hiCil ON a Dividendt a<mount- ed to F;ive ShillSrgs and fAree H"lf Penae in the Pound, con7putiag tutir toX as above, at Six srssadJ 7rr Cov 9 rilof if we confider £1nesr Con£ratSts W1vI1 SvOtSerS ji: Grainsf tel: Rene of Grounds svhich lay uWI>ttss Sek vants ss-nges} Cr; thexr r-ea1 t oSs ntay ;$ by a n jednS V on" putation) bc alleXcd to be tr FSXs for cvc*y Covf t13at died,

*z_ u r-

1v X PtoficrLt3n f tke C)rgXrl of Hcarint Rz the Ekephant, ;ri.D t/?e Egnrtvs }zdSti-uat¢Xez of tbe )ffiXcscs) T <byr^2th ued CoWhica i- the Eat

of ttat l4rge StZt@?ZAlw 022Z*2;N}¢lCuXtC;-l to tte Roy

at Soclety) As De Pairick lSlairX (J%1S+Re

TNX t1ze Detctip;;n T orm+er!^y rrefe to tue Henor-rSda 1 Slr HilSXf;^ S5lArISds B2kftO of t}l> ElPphJvt S DiAt2ed4 in t.¢X;<.l , ASo X 7ad. hch ne Bta5 pleaizeu c¢) Ceis]-tu

m.gwtate to the WolSociet as you ilav-e ic in Phtz/Gg Irarf. A2. zzd ^XyX I treaed of the Bny pat o+, the EaX tf tt3£ prGd:gicus Aninzal a IitS;Ic tes tuI£atr-iciallysr bectut59 } usas u>rwiliing at tiac timc ro brcak up £t(:

05 ptzsfim of the xighc EaL} Wiiish sad accldental y tD.,iO CS



a brief account of the contagious disease which raged among the milch cowes near london, in the year...

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