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specific wliich we know in such cases is to administer doses 

 of castor-oil to the extent of from three quarters of an 

 ounce to an ounce and a quarter. Half-an-ounce of harts- 

 horn, mixed with water, has been also found effectual in 

 allaying swelling produced from the bite of the viper. 



FRACTURES. 



When bones get fractured in sheep, if in the limbs, the 

 ends of the bones should be placed in contact, and splints 

 of wood placed round the part, firmly bound together by 

 means of a bandage an inch and a half in breadth ; and 

 where this cannot be conveniently procured, broad tape may 

 be substituted, which should be replaced as soon as a proper 

 bandage can be had. A piece of pasteboard will also 

 answer the purpose of splints. The bandage should be 

 wound round in a spiral direction. The splints will require 

 to be worn for about fourteen days, when they may be 

 removed, and the bandage alone worn, until the leg has 

 acquired sufficient strength. If the limb swells consider- 

 ably, the bandage must be slackened, and again tightened 

 when the swelling has subsided. If the fracture is com- 

 pound, that is, in more than one piece, the safest thing is to 

 destroy the animal immediately, as there is but little cliance 

 of a recovery under such circumstances. 



OF BLEEDING. 



The best and easiest mode of bleeding a sheep is to open 

 the large vein which passes over the cheek. This vein can 

 be readily felt, by pressing the finger on the edge of the 

 lower jaw-bone, where its trunk passes over, and from 

 thence its greater branches emanate, and spread over the 

 cheek about two inches from the corner or angle of the jaw, 

 nearly opposite to the third grinding or molar tooth. When 



