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human body, and on that account we may presume 

 that it will be efficacious in the cure of the same organ 

 in sheep ; and it is also recommended as the most 

 effectual means of destroying the fluke-worm. 



RED WATER. 



Symptoms. — Red Water commonly makes its appear- 

 ance about the beginning or end of winter, and first 

 affects about the breast and belly. It consists of an 

 inflammation of the skin, that raises it into blisters, 

 which contain a thin, reddish, and watery fluid. These 

 continue for a short time, break, discharge this matter, 

 and are followed by a blackish scab. 



Red Water is a disease that but seldom appears in 

 this country, and it is almost never fatal. 



Causes. — When the sheep are exposed to cold or 

 wetness, the skin being fretted makes the blisters rise ; 

 or they often arise from cold affecting the animal, thus 

 producing a slight fever, which throws out these 

 vesicles on the body, similar to the scabby eruptions 

 which appear about the face, and more particularly the 

 mouth, of those persons affected with cold. The blood 

 m this diseare is but little affected, although a little 

 of it oozes into the vesicles on the skin, and commu- 

 nicates to them that reddish tinge which gives origin 

 to the name. 



Cure. — In cases where the disease is violent, a Httle 

 blood should be taken. The sheep should be placed 

 in a fold by itself, the bUsters slit up, and a little in- 



