THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 393 



" Let the animal in the first place get a dose 

 of Glauber's salt. The ulcer havinc; been laid open 

 and cleaned, it is to be washed with weak caustic, lev 

 of potash or soda, and filled with scraped linen dipped 

 in oil, or, wiiat is better, Goulard cerate. The dressing 

 of cerate is to be continued every evening, until granu- 

 lations of flesh appear to be filling up the space for- 

 merly occupied by the matter of the ulcer ; and if it 

 should be necessary, the washing with caustic ley may 

 be repeated. Common cerate may then be applied ; 

 and should the flesh grow too luxuriantly, a little red 

 precipitate and burnt alum may be dusted upon it. 

 When a wholesome suppurative discharge has taken 

 place, gentle pressure may be applied to bring the 

 sides of the sore towards each other, taking care 

 always to give free vent to the matter. The limb 

 should be carefully washed with vinegar and water." 



THE ROT. 



Symptoms. — Dr. Coventry says, that Rot is a word 

 which has been employed to express a variety of dis- 

 orders affecting the sheep with no small confusion and 

 detriment. Yet all the species of rot may be reduced 

 to one ; but when the disease has advanced, it becomes 

 very complicated, and has been deemed incurable. 



The complication of disorders which are always ob- 

 served in the advanced stages of the rot, might be ex- 

 pected where bad food is supposed to be the cause of it; 

 for this must vitiate the blood, and different organs 

 may then become diseased. Accordingly we find the 

 liver, the lungs, and the whole system affected, and 



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