The Tune the Old Cow Died of
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Disease, Veterinary Science, Animal Behaviour, Psychology, Animal Husbandry |
Noting the 'Great mortality' that 'has lately prevailed among the cattle in the mews and suburbs of London', claims that the inquest into the death of one cow revealed that it had died from 'continual irritation' of the nervous system caused by exposure to Italian organ-grinders. |
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