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involved. As soon as lameness is perceived, the sheep should be 

 examined. All raw, loose, or diseased horn should be cut away 

 with a sharp knife ; any excessive growth of horn at the toes 

 should be removed, and if any pus or matter is found beneath the 

 horn, that should be pared away until it is all exposed. The feet 

 should then be washed clean with carbolic soap and water twice a 

 week, and after each washing a piece of tow or lint dipped into 

 ' the following mixture should be bound on the foot and between 

 the digits, viz : 



Oxide of Copper 4 ounces. 



Arsenic Va " 



Acetic Acid 3 " 



Honey 8 " 



Or the foot may be thoroughly smeared with the following oint- 

 ment, viz : 



Finely Powdered Blue Vitriol 1 pound. 



Verdigris Va " 



Linseed-oil 1 pint. 



Pine Tar 1 quart. 



This will dry on the foot and will not be washed off by the wet 

 grass as a solution would be. 



The following remedy is in general use amongst French and 

 German shepherds : 



Chloride of Mercury (Corrosive Sublimate) 15 grains. 



Acetate of Copper 30 



Sulphate of Zinc. . . 30 



Acetate of Copper 30 



Sulphate of Zinc 30 



Hydro-chloric Acid (muriatic) 2 drams. 



Water 2 ounces. 



The diseased parts to be touched daily with a feather dipped in 

 the above solution. In case the disease has made considerable 

 progress, and the sheep are found feverish and generally ailing, 

 each sick one should receive, according to circumstances, a dose 

 of one to two ounces of Epsom salts dissolved in half a pint of 

 water. At the expiration of two days the following should be 

 given, viz : 



Nitrate of Potash Va ounce. 



Flowers of Sulphur % " 



mixed with molasses and placed on the tongue until swallowed. 

 This may be repeated once a week until the feet are well. 



When the disease becomes virulent, the foot is swollen, sinuses 

 are formed, and ulceration progresses until the whole foot is 

 deeply involved, and the sheep fails to eat, loses flesh, and is in a 

 condition of fever from blood poisoning by the absorbed matter. 



