The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-11 00:00:00

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LONDON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 11.

Tea first practical point in regard to the Cattle
Plague is that the country should "keep cool ;"
and the first condition of keeping cool is, suer-
taining and making known the points on which all
the upholders of the many current notions are, or
may be, if they are reasonable, clearly agreed. It
is toe much to expect of ruined holders of stock
that they should open their minds only to esta-
blished knowledge and reasonable considerations ;
and much perplexity and excitement should be
allowed for in those whose property is in peril,
and who are, from day to day, expecting
the loss of all their property. The dismal
spectacle of the disease, and of the daily
heaps of corpses, and of the sweeping away
of not only pet animals, but choice herds, which
have been the pride and the business in life of
their owners and keepers, is enough to shake the
steadiest judgment, and to stimulate the imagina-
tion to the strangest vagaries. It is the more ne-
cessary for the promulgators of the news of the
day, and for the Government, and for the local
authorities everywhere to ascertain with the utmost
care and impartiality the facts which arise from day
to day, and to separate in their announcements and
in their counsels what is certain from what is in-
ferred, proposed, or imagined.
A week ago moat people believed on trust that
the disease was Roggen, and ought to be called the
" rinderpest ;" and this was grounded on the asser-
tion that it was introduced by a cattle ship from
Revel ; whereas it is ascertained that no such
disease exists now, or bas for a long time existed in
Eathonia at all. It will require some time to prove
where the disease does exist in the continental coati-
tries we deal with, whether it affects other animals
than cattle, and whether it can be conveyed by
animals not themselves diseased. Meantime, it
seems impossible to doubt that the malady is now
indigenous. There are many cases in various parts
of the country of cattle sickening in their stalls or
paddocks without having seen, or been within
many miles of any of their own kind. This is a
plain hint to owners of cows everywhere to be on
the watch, and to do everything reasonable for the
preservation of the health of their stock. All this
is straightforward enough. As for the conrerse
case that of herds and stable stocks, which
remain in health while the pest has raged all
round them for weeks—the explanation may e-
quip) time, and should now engage the attention
of veterinary surgeons ; but it is by no means of
the first consequence to cow-keepers, as • matter
of study. If the reason of the exemption can be
found, it will not be found by them.
It seems that the most important fact for the:-
minds to rest upon is this : that, by universal
agreement among all qualified judges, the disease
arises from a poisoning of the blood. It is of the
same general character as all fevers in the human
subject ; and the experience of the hums sub-
ject is the surest guide we have as to what
ought to be done. The blood-poisoning which
throws us into fever is almost always from bad
air ; but it may arise from long exposure to cold,
and from great exhaustion, from deficient or bad
food, anxiety, or over fatigue. It creates
eruption somewhere, either externally, as in
email pox, or internally, by sores along
the intestinal canal, or in the lungs or
other organs. We see it in its most dreaded
form in typhus, with the external signs of which
most of us are too familiar. The doctors could
tell no that what we do not see is the whole intes-
tinal anal, or successive portions of it, covered
with sores as fearful as any ulcers that we
can have seen in any hospital. The object of
treatment is to sustain the patient's strength ti'l
the poison is thrown off, and to assist the process
of casting it out. Whatever else may be advised
for this object, there is no doubt about the first
requisite. It is air. Nothing in the sick room
of a fever patient is so striking as the ravenous ap-
petite for air. One of the wisest physicians at
Scutari, ten years ago, said that if typhus patients
could lie in a wind during the illness, most of them
would get through ; and none who have witnessed
the delight of the sufferers in adraught will think the
saying extravagant. We have left off shutting op
fever patients in hot rooms and within bed cur-
tains ; but we have not fully learned bow safe and
wise it is to let them have their own way, and
enjoy the very largest supplies of fresh air that
can be given them. It is not a matter of heat and
cold, of fanning the brow and refreshing the akin ;
it goes deeper than that ; it is the one express way
of feeding and restoring the blood, of supplying the
wholesome element in counteraction of the poison.
Food and brandy are of small value in comparison.
Food can seldom be taken, to any considerable
extent, in the critical stages of the malady ;
brandy is often necessary at the turning point
for life or death, and often beneficial besides ; but
air is of infinitely more coniequence, as the prime
need, and the natural stimulant and aliment at
once, while the poison is being worked out.
Now, while the lower animals have a heart and
lungs and circulating system, as we have, with
their life depending on the natural quality of the
blood, as ours does, our experience in typhus and
other fevers most be appropriate for them. In
the present case, the very first necessity, for the
beast. which are still in health and for those which
are in the disease, is the amplest possible supply of
the best air that can be bad. It remains for the
doctors to ascertain and themes what kind and
degree of other stimulant should be administered,
and bow the internal ulceration should be treated;
the best doctor will still be he who can give Me
cows the largest and meat constant supply el the
best air. Without this, we may be very sure SA

not all the whisky, and ale, and port
be poured down the throat can atatiljeli*does
supply the specific need. It atim -Ole sr
to an action which it might mitts, cilibm4we abl
keep up ; but it cannot directly superseabehe
son by restoring the quality of the blood.
Here, we are afraid, ends our clearness as to
what to think and do. We do no know what it
is that poisons the blood when we get beyond the
limits of the personal oontagion. When we have
pursued this cause as far as we can go—when we
have taken warning about the breath and the
excrementitious products of the diseased animals
—when we have taken care that not an atom of
putridity remains in the stable, that the water is
sweet and the air pure, we still find the disease
punning our cattle by Rome affinity as yet
mysterious to us. While trying to understand it,
we can only use all precautions compatible with
the fact that the disease requires pure air in the
largest quantities. We had better avoid assemblages
of cattle as far as possible. We must have supplies
from abroad, which are more necessary now than
ever ; but, as we daily see, there may be exem-
plary care in the transport and landing of the
stock ; and they may be kept by themselves for •
sufficient time after landing. We cannot dispense
with them ; but it may be prudent to refrain for •
time from cattle shows, and from trade in stock,
except for the purposes of the meat market.
Amidst all the dismay there is some encourage-
ment. The disease does not strike down every
herd or company of cows in its path. There is •
caprice in its potion which leaves • hope that it
will spare • eery large proportion of our stook.
According to all modern precedent, the disease
will become leas virulent after a time, and will
admit of treatment. If recovery is already not
unheard of, we may reasonably hope that we shall
hear of more, as the seasons change, and our know-
ledge improves. We are already discovering that
we hear of more than exists of the specific malady.
Whenever • cow, or • sheep, or • pig is ailing, the
neighbourhood cries out that the " rinderpest " has
come, and hastooontradiot theory a week afterwards.
We cannot say where it may not go before we have
done with it ; and we may fairly admit that we
hear more than formerly of disease among sheep
and pigs : but we may subtract the ordinary pro-
portion of tickling and loss from the new mor-
tality, and thus see what it amounts to ; and we
may look out confidently for some mitigation of
the virulence of the disease in • little while, what-
ever its extent may thee be.
At • later time, other business will arise. We
shall then have to consider how our great towns
can be supplied with milk in some safer and whole-
Romer method than by dairy establishments in
crowded and airless neighbourhoods. We shall
have to procure • better enforcement of cleanliness
in the transport and enforcement of animals. There
will doubtless be some extension of the veterinary
profession in answer to the growing demand of the
country. There can be little doubt that the kindly
heart of England will devise some aid and con-
solation for the sufferers who are now ruined, with-
out fault of their own, by the onset of this strange
enemy. These things will come in their turn,
when we have done all that lies ready to our band,
with the least possible disturbance of our minds.

Cite Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Sirr. O.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince:la Helens',
drove in the ground. yesterday afternoon, and again this
morning.
Primers Louise, attended by the Hon. Horatio, Btopfcrd,
also took a drive.
Her Majesty held a council at a quarter bet .re 2 o clock
to-day, at which were present Rod Granville, the Duke of
&merest, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell.
Lord Granville hid an an' lines of the Queen.
Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Connell; and Lord River.
and Lieat.•Colonsl Kimsey* the Lord and Greens in
Waiting.
Tie Bishop of Chester arrived at the Castle, to do ho-
mage oe his appointment, and was introduced by the Right
Hoe. E. CardwelL
The Hoe. and Rev. E. S. Koppel was deputy clerk of the
Joist.
Her Majesty rrvived the Queen of the Sandwich Islands
this afternoon at Windsor Castle. The Queen salved at
tended by ►er mite.
Her Majesty was accompanied by the MOM.' and Prince
Leopold, and attended by the Duchene of Wellington, the
Hoe. Horatio Stonier& and the gentlemen in waitleg.
The Right Hoe. E. Cardwell likewiee attended.
Sire. 10.
The Queen, Primer Helms, PTIOOOII Louise, Priamm
Bestride, and Prises Leopold, ►nd the ladies and gentlemen
in waiting, attended divine service this morning in the
private chapel.
The Hoe. and Rev. C. L. Courtensy, Chaplain to her
Majesty, officiated.
Her Majesty drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon,
soeorepaated by Princess Helms&
Priam' Louise and Princess Beatrice also took a drive.
The Duke de Nesnouss, Princess Marguerite, the Duo
d'Alsogon, and the Duke and Duchess de Montpensder
visited her Majesty to-day, and remained to luncheon.
The ceremony of christening the infant son of the Hon.
and Very ROT. the Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Wellesley
took place I. the private chapel of the Castle this after-
soon, her Majesty the Quire standing In person es one of
the sponsors, the others being the Duke ef Wellington and
Lient..Colonel C. Elias.
The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, Canoe of Windsor,
performed the ceremony.
Princess Belem, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and
Princess Beatrice were present.
The Dachau of Wellington and the Hon. Horst's' Stop-
ford attended bar Majesty.
There were also preset, I. addition to the Dose of
Windsor and the Hoc. Mrs. Wellesley, Lord and Lady
Bokeby and the Hoe. Miss Montagu.

Despatches were received on Saturday at the Coloci/d-
-oges from the Governor of the settlements on the River
Gambia. Despatches nom soot to the Governors of the
Gaps of Good Hops, Natal, St. Helm*, sod Canada.
Visoottnt sad Visemantess Palmmoon left town oa Sitar.
day afternoon for Broekott-holl, Harts.
The Right Hon. W. Hutt, M.P., arrived in Wins ou
Frail, and transacted boaimsa at the office of theßosrd a/
Trade, Whitehall.

'BESS. MONDAY E'

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