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and wherever the wool appears to loosen, let it 

 be taken away : let the part be washed with the 

 decoction of hellebore, dock root or tobacco, and 

 anointed with the ointment, with corrosive sub- 

 limate. 



Red Water and Erifstpelas are eruptive and 

 inflammatory diseases of the skin, attended with 

 heat and fever. They probably are the same dis- 

 ease under different forms, and are cured by cool- 

 ing purgative medicines, such as flowers of brim- 

 stone, mixed with molasses, in the proportion of 

 two ounces of the flowers of brimstone to four large 

 spoons full of molasses : to which, if the disease is 

 violent, add half an ounce of salt-petre. This will 

 make eight doses, to be given in half a pint of 

 warm water, night and morning, so as to occa- 

 sion a moderate purging, and is to be occasion- 

 ally repeated as long as the disease continues. 



Vermin. Sheep are infested with several kinds of 

 vermin: the common tick, maggots, &c. The lean 

 and young sheep are most exposed to these com- 

 plaints. Smearing, as recommended on the sub- 

 ject of wool, is the best preventive ; and washing 

 with decoctions of sharp-pointed dock, tobacco, or 

 white hellebore, (itch root) which is best done 

 immediately after shearing, is generally fatal to 

 them. Maggots are the consequence of fly-blows 

 upon wounds. They are avoided by dressing with 

 tar ointment, and removed, by washing the part 

 with either of the above decoctions. Indeed, 



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