Excerpt from The Canadian Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 1919, Vol. 45: A Journal Published Monthly in the Interests of Medicine and Surgery Dr. Arnold Cl'arkson traced the history of the disease, as manifested in epidemics which have occurred since the dawn of history. The symptomatology in all epidemics was the same to a great degree. In some outbreaks horses and cattle were affected. The cause of the epidemic in England in 1712 was described by Patrick Walker as a punishment by Providence because of the recent union with Scotland. Bleeding was found injurious as a mode of treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.