tl2 The Shepherds^ Guide* 



curial ointment was rubbed freely under the axil- 

 lee and on the thighs. To two or three I gave cal- 

 omel freely, to try how far mercurials might miti- 

 gate the symptoms. Under such treatment, most 

 of the mild, and a very few of the more severe^ 

 cases recovered : and one very malignant and 

 confluent case in my neighbour Mr. Broom's 

 flock, recovered under the free use of mercury. 



Inoculation for diis disease is recommended in 

 many parts of Europe ', and Mr. Laysterie assures 

 us, with efficacy and success. As soon, therefore, 

 as I was assured of the disease, I made the at- 

 tempt ; but I cannot say with any considerable 

 success. In the first place, I found it difficult to 

 procure matter, and when 1 had succeeded so far, 

 I again found it very difficult to communicate the 

 disease with any certainty, although I performed 

 the operation with great care, and in every mode 

 I could think of: with a thread, with the scab, 

 and with fresh fluid matter : and where the sheep 

 or lamb took the disease, many diedr But I con- 

 fess, I was by no means certain they had not ta- 

 ken the disease before inoculation, in the natural 

 way. A very few evidently took the disease 

 from the inoculation, and went through it with 

 safety. I vaccinated seven, but I was not sure 

 that one took the cow-pock. Yet the analogy be- 

 tween the claveau in sheep, and the smallpox in 

 man is so great, that if the dtsease should again 

 appear, I would recommend, and would myself 

 again attempt inoculation. 



