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DISEASES OF SHttlP. 



torn vessels. Now, if this animal had survived, each 

 speck of blood would have formed a centre, round 

 which tuberculous matter, as in fig. 2, Plate VI. would 

 have been secreted, and death from rot, at some ulterior 

 period, would, in all probability, have been the result.* 



(165.) Treatment of Rot. As reason and experi- 

 ence have taught us that tathy herbage is a common 

 cause of this complaint, we should, when it shows itself, 

 at once remove the animals to a better pasture, where 

 they should be exempted from teazing of every kind. 



Salt appears, after every trial, to be the best medi- 

 cine, and to this they should have, at all times, ready 

 access. Should the disease be rather far advanced, the 

 breathing hurried, and the cough annoying, occasional 

 doses of the following infusion will be of service, in 

 enabling the farmer to keep down the disease, till such 

 time as he can conveniently dispose of the animal. 

 Take of Leaves of Foxglove two ounces, 

 Boiling water two English pints : 



pour the water on the leaves, cover up the vessel, and 

 keep it in a warm place for six or eight hours, then 

 Btrain. 



Two tea-spoonfuls morning and evening may be 

 given to a sheep, but as the plant is an active poison, 

 and the strength of its infusion liable to vary, a couple 

 of days should always intervene between every six 

 doses. 



About the year 1800, a notion prevailed in this 



♦ Pathologists diflffer as to whether tubercle is the cause or conse- 

 fjncnce of hemoptysis, as this effusion of blood into the tissue of the 

 lungs is termed. Andral, however, is decidedly of opinion that he- 

 moptynij is one of the exciting causes, and, in domestic animals, I be, 

 Le»e it to precede tubeicle muie frequently than is generally imagined. 



