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the hind legs, owing to water dripping upon them 

 from trees after a shower of rain, and is best treated 

 by enveloping them in flannel, wrung out of hot water ; 

 but if the sheep is at the time very chill, gentle friction 

 must first be used, else dangerous consequences will 

 ensue. Rubbing with warm turpentine has been re- 

 commended, and is apparently worthy of a trial. 



(1 74.) Inflamed Eyes. The pollen of flowers getting 

 into the eyes while feeding, is a common cause of this 

 annoyance, which need not be described, as, from being 

 visible, it is known to all. Examine the eyes, and 

 remove any irritating body. Then, if the disease be 

 of recent date, bleed the animal largely from the jugu- 

 lar vein, and give it several doses of Epsom, or Glauber's 

 salt. After the inflammation is subdued, or should it 

 be in the suppurating stage when first noticed, hold 

 the lids asunder, and drop upon the eye, three or four 

 times a day, a solution of white vitriol, five grains to 

 the ounce of water. Where this cannot be had, pure 

 cold water dashed against the eyes and head several 

 times a day will serve as a substitute. 



Though sheep are not so much incommoded by 

 blindness as other animals, from the instinctive care 

 usually taken of the sufferer by the rest of the flock, 

 still such a mishap should always be prevented by 

 energetic treatment at the commencement of the 

 symptoms. 



(175.) Soft Cancer of the Eye, or, as it is also 

 called by medical men, Fungus Hematodes, is of very 

 rare occurrence among sheep, and indeed would not 

 have deserved a notice here, were it not that, from 

 being a malignant disease, it might be looked upon as 



