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slime or mucus. The treatment should then be as follows : give 

 to a year-old lamb 



Linseed-oil 1 ounce. 



Powdered Opium 3 grains. 



Starch 1 ounce. 



mixed in boiling water to make a draught. A teacupful of rice 

 water should be given twice a day. The above to be repeated the 

 second day. After the irritation of the bowels is removed, give 

 the following: 



Linseed-oil 2 ounces. 



Spirits of Turpentine 4 drams. 



to be repeated weekly for a month if considered necessary. 



Constipation. When this occurs, the dung is scanty and at long 

 intervals passes in lumps, which are glazed and hard. There is 

 pain at the times of discharge, which is evinced by the arching 

 of the back, and peculiar but expressive actions of the lamb. The 

 treatment consists hi injections of warm water, with two or three 

 half-ounce doses of linseed-oil, given at intervals of six hours. 

 The food should consist of oat-meal, or linseed gruel, sweetened 

 with molasses ; if it will not be taken hi that way, it should be 

 given by means of a horn. 



Spasmodic Colic produces severe pains, occurring in paroxysms. 

 The lamb falls and struggles, or remains with eyes fixed, as if 

 convulsed. It is generally an accompaniment of constipation, and 

 always of indigestion. The treatment is to give the following 

 mixture, viz: 



Tincture of Rhubarb 1 dram. 



Carbonate of Soda 1 " 



Warm Water sweetened with Molasses 2 ounces. 



This should be administered slowly with a spoon. After the 

 spasms are relieved, give half an ounce of linseed-oil. 



Paralysis. This disease may occur through a severe chill or 

 exposure to cold rains, or as a symptom of chronic indigestion 

 from inaction of the stomach. The latter is to be suspected when 

 the appetite is depraved, and sand, earth, and coarse matter is 

 eagerly swallowed. In the former case, a warm bath, with fric- 

 tion upon the spine, with spirits of turpentine, or ammonia water, 

 followed by a few days nursing, may be found useful. In the 

 latter case, the symptoms and post-mortem appearance show that 

 the base of the brain, the spine, and the nervous system proceed- 

 ing to the stomach are affected. The lamb suffers severely as if in 

 great pain. It is unable to rise upon its hind legs, and is con- 



