518 SMALL POX IN SHEEP. 



and put by itself. The following mild laxative ought to 

 be given : — 



Epsnm salts half an ounce. 



Sulphuric ether two drachms. 



Nitre half a drachm. 



Dissolve the salts and the nitre in a pint of cold water, and 

 having added the ether, give the drink to the animal. 



This may be repeated the next day, if costiveness be still 

 present ; but must not be continued after the bowels are 

 relieved, however gently. When the disease declares itself, 

 we must give further medicine ; and the following drink is 

 as good as any : — 



Belladonna a scruple. 



Liquor ammonia acetatis one ounce. 



Rub the belladonna in a little thin gruel, and give in half a 

 pint quite cold. 



While this is administered, all solid food must be with- 

 drawn ; the appetite is almost or quite lost, but the desire 

 for drink is great ; advantage may be taken of this last 

 circumstance to throw some support into the body if 

 water be denied, but plenty of sweet thin gruel (constantly 

 renewed) kept before the animal. CleanHness must, in 

 every particular, be scrupulously attended to. Thus the 

 measures recommended must be pursued, the drink last 

 proposed being given night and morning. When the pim- 

 ples have heads, boiled roots or malt mashes may be 

 allowed ; and, after the scabs are turned black, discontinue 

 the last drink, and give the subjoined : — 



Extract of gentian one drachm. 



Sulphate of copper ten grains. 



Sound ale half a pint. 



Dissolve the copper in a little ale ; rub down the extract in 

 a little more, and give daily. All should after this go well ; 

 but occasionally the disease assumes a typhoid character, 

 when the drink above must then be persevered in, and in 

 addition, a quart of gruel be horned down three times each 

 twenty-four hours. 



When the scabs fall off, bathe the ulcers with a solution 

 composed of a drachm of the chloride of zinc to a quart of 

 water ; keep the parts perfectly clean, and apply the liquid 

 mentioned night and day. 



