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<br /> The.undersigned, Commissioners on 'Contagious Diseases among Cattle, call the attention of the Mayors
<br /> and Aldermen of Cities, and the^Selectmen of Towns, to the fact that a highly contagious disease, known as
<br /> Epizootic Aphtha, or Foot and Mouth Disease, has broken out in this State, and is. rapidly spreading among the
<br /> cattle of very many of our towns. The disease is not of such an alarming and fatal character as the Pleuro-
<br /> Pneumonia, yet, by its ravages; there is great danger that it will inflict immense losses on our Cattle owners,
<br /> and possibly to soiree extent injure the health of our people. The disease is. communicated by the contact of
<br /> healthy with the sick animals, by all inanimate thins that have become contaminated, and by yarding healthy
<br /> cattle on the same land, or driving them on roads previously trodden, by those diseased. The cattle yards of
<br /> Brighton are apparently contaminated with the virus of the disease, and animals driven thence carry and
<br /> communicate it wherever they go. In view of these facts, and, if possible, that the contagion may be eradicated
<br /> from the Commonwealth, we would most earnestly recommend that you, in each municipality, perform your duty
<br /> as defined in Chapter 220 of the Acts of 1860, by interdicting all driving of cattle 'to, from, or within, your
<br /> respective limits (See Section 5 of said Act), and by a most thorough and radical purification of the yards and
<br /> buildings which have been contaminated by it. The Commissioners will, at the same time, make regulations to
<br /> prevent.any further importation of it from abroad. Notwithstanding the great extent, to which the disease has
<br /> alreadX insidiously spread, we entertain the hope, than bZ the united ener etid'hetion of the authorities, and the
<br /> Mullurauiono our peop e, t Is ai6ease may De squelched, and the losses it ha:s inflicted on the stock-growing
<br /> regions of Europe be averted. _kj
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<br /> NOTICE TO CATTLE DRovERSy' DEALERS, AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE TRAFFIC OF CATTLE.
<br /> In consequence of the prevalence of Epizootic Aphtha, or Foot and Mouth Disease, the Commissioners on
<br /> Contagious Diseases among Cattle hereby prohibit the driving or transporting,to or from Brighton, Cambridge,
<br /> or the Cattle Yards at the Medford Railroad Station, until further notice, all,_Cows, Store Cattle, and Working
<br /> Oxen.
<br /> The Selectmen of Brighton and Medford, and the Mayor of the -City of Cambridge, are directed to
<br /> enforce the above order.
<br /> The Municipal authorities of the several Towns and Cities in the •Commonwealth are requested to
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<br /> cooperate in making the above der effectual.
<br /> COMMONWEALTH OF. MASSACHUSETTS, 1
<br /> BOSTON, Jan. 4, 1871. )?
<br /> LEVI STOCKBRIDGE, Commissioners on
<br /> H. W. JORDAN, Contagious Diseases
<br /> E. F. THAYER, among Cattle.
<br /> We append the following as having been efectual in the treatment off tl e disease:
<br /> 1st. .The animals to be kept in a comfortable, dry place.
<br /> 2d. A solution of alum, one lb. to three gallons of water; the mouths to be washed with it daily.
<br /> 3d. A solution of sulphate of copper (blue vitriol), one lb. to two gallons of water; to be applied to the
<br /> sores on`the feet.
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