200 DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



RECIPE (No. 8). 



rhij.iic for lilotni. — Take Glauber's salts, one oiinr", and (li.«snlvp iti ppppermint 

 w .•it<-r, four niihci's ; tu tlli^^ adcl, liiirtiirt' (if ^.'iiiL'cr, a (lr;irliiii ; riiiciurc of jieiitian, a 

 ilracliiii ; Imiliii^' water, an fiimc*!. '/'Iiih sjIioiiIiI l)e t'i^'*'" every six tiniirs, iiiilil tlio 

 bowels are opened, and li;ilf llie quanlily on each ol the four next mornings. 



The same treatment recommended for cattle for lliis disease is like- 

 wise equal)}' desirable for sheep, the dose being about one-sixth oi 

 one-eightli less in quantity. 



SECTION IX. 



THE YELLOWS, OR JAUNDICE. 



Sheep are subject to several sad affections of the Jiver, among 

 which ranks that destructive disease the rot. Jaundice is a less for- 

 midable malad}', but often sufficiently destructive. It consists of a 

 superabundant discharge of bile, or an obstruction of the biliary tubes ; 

 and in either case a considerable quantity of bile enters into the cir- 

 culation, penetrates into the capillary vessels, and thus tinges the 

 skin. A superabundant discharge of the bile is the most frequent 

 cause. 



The liver seems to be a very tender organ in fatted and pampered 

 sheep, aud easily inflamed or put out of order. In the half-starved, 

 half-wild varieties of the sheep, inflammation of the liver and jaun- 

 dice seldom occurs; but too high living exhibits its injurious conse- 

 quences in this organ first of all. It is often seen, after sheep have 

 been moved into fair but not too luxurious pasture, that if they have 

 escaped (he blown, a yellowness has soon begun to steal over the 

 eyes and the mouth, and ihe skin generally; and the animal has been 

 dull, and has disliked to move, and has sometimes been purged, but 

 more frequently costive, and the urine has been of a dark yellow- 

 brown colour. The liver could not maintain its healthy state under 

 ♦his injudicious increase of nutriment. When the farmer and the 

 shoj)herd have either neglected to observe this, or to adopt the proper 

 treatment, many of the sheep have died in a few days. On examina- 

 tion after death, marks of intense inflammation have appeared every- 

 where, but more particularly in the liver, which has been of a red- 

 brown colour, and double its natural size, and is broken to pieces 

 with tlie slightest force. 



If it is taken in time, this is not a disease very difficult to treat. 

 On the first decided yellowness beinof observed, the animal should be 

 removed to a l)are field, and should have the Puro-ing Drink (No. i 

 p. 200) : half doses of it should also be repeated for several succes- 

 sive mornings, so that the bowels may be kept in a relaxed state. 

 Mercury will nf)t be wanted. Calomel is rarely a safe medicine, and 

 it is a very uncertain one for sheep. A little starvation, and plenty 



