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and causes these watery vesicles to appear on the skin, 

 and are similar to the eruptions which are produced 

 about the mouth and face of many individuals when 

 they have caught a severe cold. This affection has 

 but little influence on the blood, although a small 

 portion of it finds its way into the vesicles under the 

 skin, and produces that red tinge to the thin glary 

 matter of these little blisters, from which the name of 

 the complaint is derived. 



REMEDIES. The first thing to be done when the 

 disease is violent, is to remove the animal to a place 

 by itself, and then the vesicles should be laid open by 

 means of a small knife, scalpel, or lancet ; after which 

 let each of them be well washed out with tepid water 

 and carbolic soap. Afterwards administer the follow- 

 ing for three or four successive mornings : 



Sulphur, in powder .... 2 ounces, 

 Treacle, or syrup . . . . .3 ounces, 

 Nitre ....... ounce ; 



to be made into six doses, and given them in the form 

 of a ball, or in half a pint of water, a little warmed. 

 On the seventh morning give the animal an ounce of 

 Epsom salts ; and on the following or next day, wash 

 the whole parts affected with lime water, and the sheep 

 may then be considered as cured. 



THE RED WATER BLIBES. 



SYMPTOMS. This disease is so similar to the 

 preceding, that there is no visible distinction in their 

 appearance ; but they differ entirely in their origin, 

 the latter being caused by the animal feeding on 

 succulent grasses or on turnips, which induce an 

 inflammatory state of the system. This complaint 

 attacks sheep which are quite healthy and in high 



