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with a mixture of oil and sulphuric acid. As a matter of fact, 

 however, if sheep are very badly afflicted with this disease, the 

 best plan is to have them slaughtered at once. When a valuable 

 ram or ewe is very severely affected, it may, in some cases, 

 be wise to amputate the foot well above the point to which the 

 disease has penetrated. The result will be that the end of the 

 limb will shortly be covered with a thick, horny scar, and the 

 animal will be able to graze fairly well, moving about on its 

 other three legs. 



For the diseased sheep, dry and clean situations should be 

 selected, and it is much better to keep them under cover until 

 they are cured, as, for instance, in a large stable with a dry 

 floor on which manure is not allowed to accumulate. The floor 

 should be covered with plenty of oat-straw, or with pine-sawdust 

 or tan to the depth of about three inches. At the least the 

 animals under treatment ought to be sheltered for a few nights, 

 and they should not be allowed to go into the pasture for 

 grazing until the dew is off the ground in the morning, nor 

 remain therein until it is deposited in the evening. Muddy 

 and damp places are especially to be avoided. As in the case 

 of scabies, no general treatment is requisite. 



TUBERCULOSIS. 



There is no subject of greater importance in the whole range 

 of pathology than the disease which goes by the name Tubercu- 

 losis. All our readers will be familiar with some aspects of the 

 subject, and they will therefore be all the more ready to hear 

 the latest results of research regarding this most serious scourge. 

 This truly terrible malady occurs in many kinds of animals, and 

 also in man ; and it may attack the lungs or other organs. The 

 word ** consumption" may be applied to different forms of lung 

 mischief; but the disease which is most generally so designated 

 is tubercular consumption, that dread and well-known malady. 



To the general public the particular form of the disease 

 known as *' consumption " is most familiar, though indeed 

 *' consumption " does not necessarily imply the presence of 

 tuberculosis, but may arise from other forms of lung mischief. 

 So highly important is this subject of tuberculosis, and so inti- 

 mately do all questions connected with tljis disease in oxen bear 



