DUOPSY. 2^1 



" These are the principal rules by which the High- 

 land farmers draw their stocks ; and they relate all to 

 ewe stocks ; for as to wedders, they are generally all 

 sold off when they are three years old, and those that 

 buy them for feeding mostly buy them by the con- 

 dition they appear outwardly to be in at the time, 

 and the character of the ground upon which they were 

 bred." 



(167.) Jaundice. I have never seen this disease in 

 the sheep, and have heard almost nothing of it ; indeed 

 it is very rare, few having ever witnessed cases of it. 

 It is consequently very imperfectly understood, every 

 one who has written about it assigning for its occur 

 rence a different cause. The principal symptoms to be 

 depended on, according to those who have treated it, 

 are a yellowness of the eyes, and an obstinate sluggish^ 

 ness of the animal, almost amounting to sleep. Copious 

 bleeding and two ounce doses of Glauber salts have 

 been recommended for the treatment, which must be 

 gone about promptly, as the disease is said to be quickly 

 fatal. Reasoning from what is known about jaundice 

 in man, I would, were a case to occur to me in the 

 sheep, give a good dose of calomel, say 15 grains, in 

 conjunction with the salts, unless the disease had super- 

 vened on rot, when I would substitute ten grains of 

 ipecacuanha for the mercury. 



(168.) Dropsy. When it is the concluding symp- 

 tom of a disease, it may be reckoned part of the com 

 plaint itself, and treated accordingly. Often, however, 

 it is the first thing which attracts the attention of the 

 shepherd, and when such is the case it will usually be 

 traced to long exposure to cold and wet. In this event 



