The rinderpest of the present time, and the contagious cattle distempers of former ages, in these islands and on the continent : considered especially with reference to the connection between those distempers and cholera, plague, and other epidemic diseases / by Thomas More Madden.

  • Madden, Thomas More, 1838-1902.
Date:
1866
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Credit: The rinderpest of the present time, and the contagious cattle distempers of former ages, in these islands and on the continent : considered especially with reference to the connection between those distempers and cholera, plague, and other epidemic diseases / by Thomas More Madden. 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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    pest whicli prevailed in England. It is not my purpose here to chronicle the various steps taken in consequence of the appearance of the rinderpest in Ireland, and the con- sternation it excited. Numerous cases of alleged rinderpest were reported during the months of May and the early part of June, in various parts of the country, but on examination they were generally found to be cases of ordinary cattle diseases, aggravated by the long continuance of east winds this spring. Cattle plague committees were formed in Dublin, and throughout the country every precaution was taken to localize and prevent the extension of the cattle plague as far as possible. The disease, however, did not increase, notwithstanding the occurrence of a few isolated cases of rinderpest at Enfield, in the county of Meath, and some other parts of the country ; and early in August the Vete- rinary Department reported Ireland to be free from rinder- pest, the Cattle Plague Committee adjourned sine die, and the cattle trade of the country was freed from the restric- tions which had been imposed in consequence of the ap- pearance of the disease in Ireland.