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Some Epidemiological Observations on Foot-and-Mouth Disease, with Special Reference to the Recent Experience of Holland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. Greenwood
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In his classical treatise on Contagions, Hieronymus Fracastorious of Verona has the following passage: “I recollect a singular contagion of the year 1514 which affected only oxen; it first showed itself in the district of Frioli, then gradually extended to northern Italy and thence reached our country. At first the ox went off its feed without any obvious cause, but if the herdsmen looked into the mouth a certain roughness and small pustules were noted on the palate and the whole oral cavity. It was necessary at once to isolate the infected beast from the rest of the herd, otherwise all became affected. Gradually the disease descended to the shoulders and thence to the feet, and almost all the beasts in which this happened recovered, but when it did not, they usually died” (Fracastorii, pp. 63–4). Probably, as in the parallel case of influenza, a careful search of earlier literature might show that foot-and-mouth disease had played its part before 1514. It is sufficient for my present purpose to establish that it has been recognised, very much in its actual clinical form for more than 400 years.

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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1927 , pp. 465 - 489
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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Also: Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries to consider the Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease which occurred in 1923–4 (cmd. 2350 of 1925).

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