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DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



better to use the lancet a second time, than, br 

 withdrawing too much blood, to reduce the vital 

 powers below the standard which is necessary for re- 

 placing the gangrenous portions. Should a leg be 

 affected to any extent, the sheep must be at once 

 destroyed, as there is scarcely a possibility of its sur- 

 viving, without a degree of care and nicety in the treat- 

 ment, which it is beyond the power of unprofessional 

 persons to bestow. Where the livid spots are limited, 

 rags dipped in spirit of turpentine, which has been 

 heated by immersing the bottle containing it in hot 

 water, may be laid upon the skin ; but when dead por- 

 tions have begun to separate, the best application is 

 either a warm poultice, made of carrots, which have 

 been boiled and mashed, or one made of boiled oat- 

 meal, which has been fermented by adding to it a table- 

 spoonful of yeast, and placing it for an hour before a 

 fire. When the sore is becoming clean, and the granu- 

 lations are rising freely, pursue the methods recom- 

 mended in paragraph (110). 



(146.) Prevention of Ley Evil. Remove the dis- 

 eased animals from the flock, and, in dressing their 

 sores, never use a sponge, or any thing which, from its 

 value, is apt to be preserved, and, perhaps, applied in 

 no long time to the cuts or scratches of a healthy 

 animal ; for, though leg evil is not communicable by 

 ordinary means, yet is it readily excited by inoculation, 

 or the application of putrid matter to a broken surface. 

 If the odour from the affected parts is any way offen- 

 sive, wash them with, and sprinkle round the fold, 

 either a weak solution of chloride of litne, or the dis- 

 infecting liquid of Labarraque, articles which may no\r 



