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herd of cattle, the animals which are not attacked should be 

 separated from those which are, and taken away at once to a 

 fresh and dry pasture. If the oxen are not out at grass, their 

 diet should he changed and somewhat restricted in amount. 

 Boots and grasses, as being less easily digestible, should be 

 avoided, and a little good hay, together with a diet which is at 

 once nutritious and laxative in nature, such as one composed 

 of mashes and linseed or oatmeal gruel, should be supplied 

 instead. 



To each animal an aperient should, in the first instance, be 

 given, and afterwards two drachms of the sulphite of sodium, 

 together with one drachm of salicylic acid, may be given to each 

 ox, or one drachm of sulphite of sodium and fifteen grains of 

 salicylic acid to each sheep attacked. These two substances 

 may be administered in the food once every day for five days. 

 In the case of oxen the healthy ones should be at once setoned, 

 and the setons should be well dressed twice a day with black oil. 

 If the animals are actually suffering from the disease, the above 

 powder should be given both in the morning and at night. The 

 tumours, if large, should be incised and dressed with a lotion 

 consisting of one part of carbolic acid in every twenty-five parts 

 of water. 



SYMPTOMS OF LOCALISED ANTHRAX IN SHEEP. 

 This disease often affects sheep in various countries, and it 

 seems to single out especially the strongest and best individuals 

 of the flock. When afflicted with anthracoid erysipelas, as this 

 disease is also called, the sheep moves stiffly, or even limps. If 

 the limbs are examined carefully, a tumour of a dark red or 

 bluish tinge may perhaps be obser7ed inside the thigh. This 

 tumour is oedematous, and may crepitate, and as it extends to 

 the abdomen and chest, it soon becomes cold and indolent, the 

 epidermis covering the tumour comes off", and from the denuded 

 surface a reddish fluid exudes. The febrile symptoms also are of 

 a very marked character, the abdomen is distended, and occa- 

 sionally a blood-tinged foam flows out from the mouth. The 

 suffering animal may die in a few hours, and rarely lives longer 

 than thirty-six hours after the attack. 



Glossanthrax is one form in which this disease appears. It 

 may occur in sheep ; but it is very much rarer in them than in 



