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appearing in their fluke or last state, feed on the liver of 

 of the animal, and occasion this disorder. It is a singular 

 fact no ewe ever has the rot while she has a lamb by her 

 side. It may be that the impregnated ovum passes into the 

 milk, and never arrives at the liver. It is said that parsley 

 is a good remedy, given as a strong decoction. Salt is also 

 a useful remedy ; salt is pernicious to most insects. Lisle 

 speaks of a farmer who cured his whole flock by giving 

 each sheep a handful of Spanish salt for five or six morn- 

 ings successively. In wet, warm weather the prudent farmer 

 will remove his sheep from the lands liable to rot. 



DIARRHOEA. 



This disease is often more properly a nervous than a. febrile 

 one in the former case a morbid increase of the peristaltic 

 motion of the bowels ; in the latter an inflammation of the 

 mucous coat of the smaller intestines. It is brought on by 

 sudden change from dry food to green, or by the introduc- 

 tion of improper substances into the stomach. It is im- 

 portant to clearly distinguish this disease from dysentery. 

 In diarrhoea there is no apparent general fever. The appe- 

 tite is good, the stools are thin and watery, but unaccom- 

 panied with slime and mucous and blood. Confinement to 

 dry food for a day or two oftentimes suffice for grown sheep. 

 To lambs, especially if attacked in the fall, the disease is 

 more serious. If the purging is severe, accompanied by 

 mucous, give a gentle cathartic half a drachm of rhubarb, 

 or an ounce of Epsom salts, to the lamb. This should be 

 followed by an astringent say one-fourth ounce of prepared 

 chalk in half a pint of tepid milk once a day for three days, 

 which will be generally sufficient. Another remedy : pre- 

 pared chalk, one ounce ; powdered catechu, half an ounce ; 

 powdered ginger, two drachms ; powdered opium, half a 

 drachm ; mix with half a pint of peppermint water ; give 

 two or three table-spoonsful morning and night to sheep; 

 half that quantity to a lamb. 



