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Cattle Plague

A History

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  • © 2003

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  1. C. A. Spinage
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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Nature of Cattle Plague or Rinderpest

      • C. A. Spinage
      Pages 3-28

    3. Species Affected and Geographical Distribution

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      Pages 29-42

    4. The Seat of Infection

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      Pages 43-58

    5. Rinderpest and the Panspermatists

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      Pages 59-77

  3. The History of Rinderpest in Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Rinderpest in History from Ancient Egypt to the 17th Century

      • C. A. Spinage
      Pages 81-101

    3. Saint Herbot Sleeps

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      Pages 103-120

    4. Rinderpest Reaches Britain Again

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      Pages 121-131

    5. From Seven Years War to Crimean War

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      Pages 133-160

    6. The Second Great Plague in Britain

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      Pages 161-188

    7. The Final European Outbreaks

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      Pages 189-216

  4. Control Measures, Legislation, and Effects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Arguments and Enmities

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      Pages 219-239

    3. Legal Measures of Prevention in the 18Th Century

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      Pages 241-262

    4. Legal Measures After the 18th Century

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      Pages 263-285

    5. The Royal Commission, Legislative Failure, Insurance, and Government Actions in 19th-Century Britain

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      Pages 287-306

    6. Political, Economic, and Social Effects

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      Pages 307-329

  5. Cures and Remedies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-331
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About this book

Cattle Plague: A History is divided into five sections, dealing with the nature of the virus, followed by a chronological history of its occurrence in Europe from the Roman Empire to the final 20th century outbreaks; then administrative control measures through legislation, the principal players from the 18th century, followed by an analysis of some effects, political, economic and social. Then follows attempts at cure from earliest times encompassing superstition and witchcraft, largely Roman methods persisting until the 19th century; the search for a cure through inoculation and the final breakthrough in Africa at the end of the 19th century. The last section covers the disease in Asia and Africa. Appendices cover regulations now in force to control the disease as well as historical instructions, decrees and statutes dating from 1745-1878.

About the author

C.A. Spinage, is a retired African wildlife ecologist with a particular interest in rinderpest in Africa. He is a one-time lecturer at the College of African Wildlife Management, Tanzania, and was a senior professional grade employee of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, responsible for advising governments at the highest level on wild life management in several African countries. He is now retired and spends his time researching and writing; Cattle Plague: A History being the result of some eight years' fulltime work and over thirty years' interest.

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