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I attribute partly to the terms ufed for difeafes not 

 conveying any juft and proper ideas of them. 



I have feenfeveral fheep, immediately after being 

 fhorn, appear to be in violent pain ; their fides are 

 fomewhat extended, and their breathing very fhort ; 

 the head is hung drooping, and they have a great 

 averfion to moving or walking, and generally lie 

 down. Thefe fymptoms continue increafing till the 

 fheep dies in a few hours, unlefs a violent purging 

 come on, which generally gives immediate relief. 

 On enquiring for the name given to this complaint, 

 I found it was called the Wind; but where the feat 

 of it lay, few could tell. Some thought it was in 

 the head, others in the lungs or lights, &c.; and 

 the remedies they applied were as various as their 

 opinions of the difeafe; fome giving gin, others 

 black pepper, or both thefe mixed together. Daffy's 

 elixir, and elder-berry fyrup, are fometimes ad- 

 miniftered. 



Not fatisfied with thefe accounts, I endeavoured 

 (by infpedting the carcafes of fheep that died of the 

 difeafe) to difcover the caufe and feat of the com- 

 plaint. On opening four fheep that died of the 

 difeafe, I found all the inteftines rather diftended 

 with flatus,* but not in any great degree. Their 



• From whence I fuppofe the term wind for this diforder originated. 



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