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oats are to be preferred, to whicli slioiild be added a 

 small ([uantity of salt, to assist the digestive and assi- 

 milative functions ; or rock-salt may be placed in their 

 trouirhs. Fresh water should likewise be within their 

 reach. 



When the malady continues to shew itself among 

 these isolated sheep, no time is to be lost in admi- 

 nistering an aperient to each, Avhich may consist of 

 magn. sulph. §ij to ^iij, p. aloes 3SS, p. rad. zingib. 3ss, 

 aqua tepid, fviij. Greater attention should be paid to 

 their diet ; all debilitating causes removed, and the ani- 

 mals protected from every extreme of atmospheric 

 change, particularly wet and cold. Beyond the exhi- 

 bition of aperient medicine once or twice, and strict 

 adherence to the rules of management we have sug- 

 gested, we do not consider that any thing more is 

 needed in the way of prophylactics. 



AVe come now to speak of the treatment that is ne- 

 cessary to assuage the malignancy of the disorder when 

 established. Our efforts must here be directed rather 

 to assist Nature, than actively to interfere with her 

 course ; no attempt should, therefore, be made to stop 

 the progress of the affection. Favourable deductions 

 are to be drawn from the regularity with which ovine- 

 pox passes through its several stages, and consequent- 

 ly, if we can prevent it from taking on the irregular or 

 confluent form, much good will be accomphshed. Hy- 

 gienic principles are our chief auxiliaries for this pur- 

 pose. If the disease occin-s during the winter season, 

 the patients must be removed from the fields into shel- 

 tered and well-littered yards, and too many of them 

 should not be placed together. It is better to separate 

 them into lots, the respective divisions consisting of 



