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DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



but a waste of life and capital. Even though the re- 

 medy is a harmless one, it ought (unless calculated from 

 known powers to arrest the disease) to be viewed with 

 distrust, as incurring a loss of time, during which other 

 and better measures might have been resorted to. 



(121.) Classification of diseases.^ As the acquire- 

 ment of correct ideas regarding the treatment of dis- 

 eases is much facilitated by a simple arrangement of 



The Stomadi and^ 

 Intestines. 



The Skin and 

 Hoofs, 





Blown or Blast 



Braxy, Sickness, or Blood. 



Pining, Daising, Vinquish or Vanquish. 

 J Staggers. 

 / Diarrhoea or Rush. 

 V Dysentery, Cling, Breckshawor Breckshuach. 



I Scab or Itch. 

 Erysipelas or Wild-fire. 

 Red Water. 

 Leg Evil or Black.leg.f 

 C\. Maggot. 

 Inflammatory appearances > 2 Ked. 

 caused by the )3. Tick, 



Sore Teats, 

 Foot-rot. 



CJ. CEIstrus bovis. 



The Air Passages. 



J Inflammation caused by the 



.Coryza. 



CEstruB ovia, 

 Pentastoma, 

 Strongylus 

 filaria. 



Glandular tissues, rRot. 



— viz. the Lungs, -J Jaundice. 



Liver, & Kidney. C Dropsy. 



fsturdy. Gld or Dizzy, Cl- Hydatids or Blobs. 



The Brain and j caused by "''l^^ Hydrocha^^^^ 



Spinal Marrow. S^ ... ' . ^ Water in the Head. 



I Trembling, Thwarter or Leapmg-ill. 



V.Wood Evil 



The Eye. 



COphthalmia. 

 tSoft Cancer. 



f l^g evil ought properly to be classed with diseases of the vascular 

 system, being in many instances merely a symptom of disease in the 

 heart or great vessels ; but as the same results are arrived at by placing 

 )t under the present head, nicer distinctions would only tend to create 

 cunftision. 



