CONTAGIOUS AND EPIZOOTIC DISEASES. 9 



beau meal gruels, with a drachm of saltpetre to each sheep. 

 Common salt may be supplied to be licked, and the drinking 

 water may be slightly acidulated with vinegar. The bowels 

 should be opened by injections of milk-warm soapsuds, or 3 

 oz. sulphate of soda if necessary. Avoid heating agents. In 

 the advanced stages support by quinia, gentian, nitric acid, 

 and nutritious gruels, even animal broths. The pustules may 

 be treated with the ointment advised for cow-pox, or, if un- 

 healthy, with weak solutions of chloride of zinc. 



Pra^etttion. — Nothing short of general infection will justify 

 the treatment of this disease. It should be excluded from our 

 country by the most stringent supervision over the importation 

 of sheep and their products, and when it does appear should 

 be promptly stamped out by the destruction and disinfection 

 of the sick and the purification of all with which they have 

 come in contact. Inoculation as a measure of prevention is 

 unwarrantable except in the case of wide-spread infection, a 

 contingency which ought never to arise in this country. 



GOAT-POX. 



This is a rare and mild affection with an eruption on the 

 udder and teats, closely resembling that of Coiv-pox. It has 

 been thought to be spontaneous in the goat but is known to be 

 derived from sheep suffering from Sheep-pox. It follows a mild 

 course and requires the same care as Coiv-pox. Seclusion or 

 destruction and disinfection, are, however, imperative when 

 danger is likely to arise for sheep. 



SWINE-POX. 



This is more frequent than Goatpox. It is communicable 

 to man and goat. Young pigs are thought to be most liable. 

 The eruption appears inside the forearm and thighs and is 

 usually preceded by considerable fever. It is discrete or con- 

 fluent like Sheeppox, and the severity corresponds. The dura- 



