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worst cases, irrespective of the stage, may therefore be 

 put togetlier if hygienic rules are alone required for 

 their restoration : but this plan is objectionable when 

 medical care is also necessary ; as the affection must 

 be treated differently in its several stages, and an in- 

 convenience will result from the patients being mixed. 



We shall now describe the other curative measures 

 to which recourse ought to be had, and will first observe, 

 that, whenever the disease shews itself in a flock, the 

 agi'iculturist will best protect his interests by consulting 

 a veterinary surgeon, to whom nmst be left the parti- 

 cular treatment required for the several cases. In a 

 work of this kind general rules alone can be given, modi- 

 fications of which will be necessary in many instances. 



The fever of sheep-pox is of a specific nature, and 

 has a gi'eat tendency to become typhoid ; depletive 

 remedies ought, therefore, to be employed with due 

 circumspection, even in the early stages of the disease. 

 When the bowels are constipated, and the variolous 

 eruption is largely diffused over the skin, an aperient 

 may be administered ; but it should be avoided if diar- 

 rhoea or much debihty exists. We would recommend 

 the following formula : — 



$D Sol. aloes 5ij* 



Tr. gent, comp 5^8 



Aq. raenth. pip ^ij 



Fiat haustus. 



* Solution of Aloes. 

 Take of Spiked aloes in small pieces. . 1 part 



Distilled water 7 parts 



Proof spirit 1 part 



Dissolve the aloes in the water by means of the water-bath, and 

 when removed add the spirit. — Mortuns Manual of Veterinary Phar- 

 macy, ]). 94, cd. 4. London, 1847. 



