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covered with hoar frost, or are obliged to scrape trie 

 snow from it, thus eating large quantities of snow and 

 ice, thus producing a peculiar inflammation of the 

 bowels, or from drinking foul water. Not unfrequent- 

 ly quite a proportion of a flock are suddenly at- 

 tacked. 



The sheep appear dull and stupid, and stagger, 

 carrying their head on one side ; the eyes are staring, 

 and they are sometimes blind. The bowels are ob- 

 stinately costive and death ensues in a few hours. 

 After death the belly of the sheep is found filled with 

 reddish serum. 



The SPECIFIC, A A, is the remedy, and may be 

 given a dose of five drops every two, three, or four 

 hours, according to circumstances. 



Apfrtliae or Foot and Mouth. Disease. 



This disease has prevailed extensively in Europe 

 among flocks and herds, and been at times a most 

 sad visitation. It is more rare in this country, but 

 yet has been known in various sections, and we have 

 no assurance but that under peculiar favoring circum- 

 stances it may prevail again, so that its symptoms 

 and treatment should be known. 



It is a blood poisoning and is highly contagious 

 under favoring circumstances. It affects sheep, cat- 

 tle, pigs and rabbits. 



The most characteristic appearance is the erup- 

 tion of watery blisters upon the lips and tongue, and 

 between and around the hoofs. The earlier symp- 



