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out the water, either by puncturing the sack, 

 through the soft part of the skull with an awl ; by 

 opening the skull, as in the operationof trepanning, 

 and taking out the suck ; or by what is averred to 

 be the safest and most certain, though unquestion- 

 ably a very singular remedy, by passing a stiff 

 pointed wire up each nostril, through the base of 

 the skull and the whole substance of the brain, un- 

 til it can be felt by the finger, over the soft part, on 

 the top of the skull. After which, although the 

 sheep should lie as dead for many hours, it is 

 said frequently to recover. It cannot be, but that 

 an operation of this nature, in which the whole 

 substance of the brain is perforated, must fre- 

 quently prove fatal. But as the disease for 

 v/hich it is recommended is of itself necessarily 

 fatal, unless relieved in some such way, it is only 

 necessary to ascertain the disease to justify the 

 attempt. Where, however, the soft part of the 

 skull can be discovered, the operation of trepan- 

 ning is more safe, but requires more skill ; and 

 where no such part on the skull can be discover- 

 ed, it can be of use only by chance. 



Giddiness^ Staggers, Another disease, under 

 these appellations, is described by many writers, 

 which, in its symptoms, very much resembles 

 sturdy, but which arises from a very diff(-nr:nt 

 cause, and yields to different remedies. This I 

 suspect to be the disease described by Professor 

 Daubenton, under the name of, and attributed by 



