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queuce of too great a secretion of it taking place in the true 



stomach. Give the following specific : — 



Salt of tartar . . 1 drachm, 

 Epsom salts . . ^ ounce, 



Bitter infusion . . 1 gill. 



7 he following has also been found effectual in removing 



the complaint : — 



Calomel ... 3 grains, 

 Jalap . . .1 drachm. 



CII AFTER III. 



DISEASES OF THE ABDOMEX. 



THE RESP, OR RED-WATER. 



SviMPTOMs. — The beginning or end of winter are the times 

 when this complaint makes its appearance. It is less com- 

 mon in higher mountain ranges, but pretty frequent in lower 

 situations w^hen hoar-frost prevails. Where sheep are put 

 under cover during the night, they always escape this ma- 

 lady, which manifests itself by an inflammation of the skin, 

 and induces blisters, filled with a thin watery fluid, of a 

 reddish colour. These first ap[)ear about the breast and 

 belly, which is generally distended. After a short time they 

 break, and the matter flows from the blisters, which, when 

 fully discharged, are soon covered by a blackish scab. It is a 

 disagreeable disease, but seldom proves fatal. Sheep afiected 

 with red-water l)ecome melancholy, and are usually seen 

 lagging behind their fellows while feeding, and may be ob- 

 served poking out their heads in an awkward manner, and 



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