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dampness and milk that is too rich are also com- 

 mon predisposing factors. If not checked, it runs 

 a rapid, fatal course, therefore prompt treatment 

 is essential. 



Treatment: The exciting cause should be de- 

 termined, if possible, and removed. Administer 

 to the ewe a tablespoonful sodium hyposulphite 

 twice daily. Milk out the udder thoroughly. Feed 

 her nourishing food, such as bran and oats. 



The lamb may be given a tablespoonful of castor 

 oil, to which is added a raw egg and twenty 

 grains of triple sulphocarbolates. Salicylic acid, 

 five grains, in condensed milk, is highly recom- 

 mended. The following prescriptions have given 

 good results, when preceded by an intestinal anti- 

 septic and castor oil: 

 B 



Tr. ginger 3i 



Creosote, beechwood mv 



Dioscorea, Flext 3ii 



Fresh milk 3iv 



M. Sig. Give in two doses, one hour apart. 



R 



Tr. euphorbia 3ii 



Creosote mv 



Spts. camphor 3ii 



Elix. lact pepsin q. s. ad %ii 



M. Sig. Give in two doses two hours apart. 



6. White Scours. 



Infectious diarrhea; dysenteria neonatorium. 



This disease is caused by the Bacillus coli com- 

 munis, a small, thick, rod-shaped, motile, non- 

 spore-forming organism, not staining by Gram's 

 method, but with the aqueous anilin dyes. Other 



