1. Vaccination. This has been recommended on the theory that the Cattle Plague is analogous to or identical with Smallpox. Vaccination with the lymph of Cow Pock may then be resorted to as a prophylactic. It may be practised on the udder or vulva of a cow. It has already been resorted to very extensively, but with doubtful success. (January, 1866.)

(Whether the plague be Smallpox, or a form of enteric fever, or a disease sui generis, the precaution of separating infected animals from the remainder of the herd is equally necessary. The diseased carcase must be buried or destroyed at a distance. The most scrupulous cleanliness must be observed in the yards and sheds, and provision made for ventilation and abundant supply of water, with the counteraction of all noxious smells and emanations by means of carbolic acid. When the cattle have sickened with the disorder, it cannot be checked, hut, like other contagious diseases, must run its course. The treatment can only be palliative. Among innumerable recipes we select the following as the most likely to he useful. Their application must he guided by the circumstances of the cases.)

2. The Laxative Treatment. Linseed oil 6 to 12 oz., with turpentine 1 to 2 oz.; the dose to be repeated once or twice. This dose, as the others, may he given in warm gruel.

3. The Astringent Treatment. Applicable in later stages, when there is often much diarrhoea. Chalk and opium (Dr. Letheby); or laudanum 2 oz., comp. infusion of catechu 1 pint, in a warm mash, with 2 or 3 tablespoon-fuls of charcoal. - Malton Agricultural Association.

4. The Saline Treatment. Useful in moderating the fever, and generally in mild cases. Table salt 1/2 Epsom salts 1/4 brimstone 1/4 ground ginger 2 oz., nitre 2 oz., old ale 1 quart (Dr. Allnatt); or chlorate of potash 2 drs. to 1/2 oz., thrice daily. - Mr. F. Buckland.

5. The Mixed Saline Treatment. Adopted in imitation of Dr. Stevens' treatment of cholera. Chloride of sodium 3 oz., nitre 2 oz., carbonate of potash 3 oz., chlorate of potash 2 oz., sulphate of magnesia 4 oz., old ale 2 quarts. (Dr. Allnatt.) It would be as well to divide the dose into 3 or 4. Bicarbonate of soda 1 oz., common salt 1 oz., chlorate of potash 1/2 oz., Rochelle salt 1 oz.; in a gallon of water: 1 pint every second hour or oftener. - Dr. Tucker.

6. The Diaphoretic Treatment. Useful as the last, in mild cases. Sweating to be promoted by rubbing, wrapping in blankets, or vapour baths. Sweet spirit of nitre 1 to 2 oz., and spirit of Mindererus 1 to 2 oz., in 2 or 3 quarts of linseed meal gruel. Will also act as a diuretic. - Malton Association.

7. The Stimulant Treatment. 16 oz. of Unseed oil and a " mutchkin " of whiskey. (Professor Dick.) Large draughts of old ale recommended by some. 6 drs. of carbonate of ammonia 3 times a day. (Professor Dick.) 12 to 15 grs. of camphor, with 20 grs. of carbonate of ammonia in gruel, thrice daily. - Dr. Copland.

8. The Tonic Treatment. A dr. each of the tincture of perchloride of iron and dilute hydrochloric acid in a quart of linseed tea or gruel, thrice daily. (Dr. Copland.) 1/2 oz. of sulphate of iron, twice daily. (Dr. Tucker.) 1 1/2 oz. of powdered cinchona. (Dr. Smart.) Strong hydrochloric acid oz., strong nitric acid 1 1/2 oz., sulphate, or chloride of iron 1 1/2 oz., water to make a quart; one ounce of this in a gallon of water for a dose. - Malton Association.

9. Arsenical Treatment. Adopted by the homoeopathists, with their usual want of success. 1/10 to 1/5 th of a grain of arsenic for a dose, every 2 hours, to alternate with 1/50 th gr. of phosphorus. Vapour-baths also recommended, and immense quantities of old ale given. - Dr. Kidd.

10. Sloppy food. Chlorate of potash, sulphite of soda. Sulphurous acid inhalation and sponging. Carbolic acid, internally and externally. Tonics, stimulants: mineral acids and bitters. Separate healthy from sick. Disinfectants. - Finlay Dun.

N.B. - However useful to the individual, these remedies are of little avail in preventing the spread of the disorder. With regard to this plague, and that of late years, the foot and mouth disease, both eminently contagious, the well-being of the community demands the most ruthless use of the poleaxe in all suspected cases. The stamping out of the disorder by the slaughter of all diseased animals, and the prohibition of importations from infected districts abroad, which is done by an Order of Council, are the securest means of checking these destructive epidemics.