DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



RED WATER. 



SYMPTOMS. Dullness; off its feed; panting: restless. 

 ness ; flanks drawn up ; costive at times ; sometimes pur. 



TREATMENT. Put the animal in a dry place ; bleed 

 about a pint, if full grown ; then give, 



Epsom salts, one pound. 



Powdered ginger, one scruple. 



Gentian root, one drachm. 



Warm water, two ounces. 



Linseed oil, one ounce. 



Give in warm gruel one fourth or one half if a lamb. 

 The belly should be well fomented with hot water. 



THE BLOOD. 



This disease is well known. 



SYMPTOMS. Dullness ; head hangs down ; eyes heavy 

 and bloodshot ; heaving at the flanks ; difficult to move ; 

 staggering ; stretching out the fore-legs to ease himself. 



TREATMENT. Bleed instantly and freely ; at least a 

 full pint. The jugular vein is the proper vein to bleed 

 from. The sheep should be bled until it is evidently 

 weakened by it. Then give two ounces of epsom salts 

 in warm gruel every two hours, till the beast is thorough- 

 ly purged. The purging should be continued for two or 

 three days. The bowels well purged, give the following 

 medicine, morning and night, till the sheep is evidently 

 better : 



Powdered digitalis, one scruple. 



Tartar emetic, ten grains. 



Nitre, two drachms, in warm gruel. 



