CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 907 



violet spots on the lips, costiveness, bloody, mucous dung, bloody 

 urine, colicky pains, unsteady gait, breathlessness when driven, 

 flattened fleece, deep-sunken eyes, stupor, and convulsions. , Sheep, 

 it would seem, are af- 

 fected by this disease 

 in two forms, which, by. 

 some authorities, are 

 treated as two distinct ~ 7 



diseases ; these two 

 forms are called local- 

 ized anthrax and splenic 

 or charbonous fever. A 



brisk purge at the out- _ , ,,._ „ ... . „, 



. r s , , Fro. 1197.— Anthrax, Last Stage. 



set is recommended by 



certain authorities, to relieve the~condition of the blood. The fol- 

 lowing may be given for a drench : — 



Sulphate of magnesia : 8 oz. 



Warm water. }...., .,. j . .1 pt. ' 



Another is this : — 



Molasses , , 3 ptBi 



Castor-oil ; 3 oz. 



Calomel i 12 grs. 



Charbon is due to a micro-organism discovered by Pasteur. It 

 is transmissible to most all kinds of domestic animals whose normal 

 temperature is not higher than 100° F. Man may get it. As ex- 

 plained in the article on Charbon in cattle, Pasteur has discovered a 



mode of preventing this disease by 

 making a vaccine of the virus, and in- 

 noculating the healthy sheep with it. 

 K!SkOj&:K\^ - ^ Medical treatments, to cure or pre- 

 vent this malady, are, as a rule, useless. 

 » Disinfecting the infected buildings with 

 quicklime and chloride of lime, carbolic 

 acid lotions, and solutions of bi-chloride 

 a'^^BBBie^^** of mercury, have some good effects in 



Fig. Ilk-Facial Vein of Sheep. Smiting and preventing the Spread of 



the disease. i 

 In Fig. 1197 we show a sheep in the last stage of anthrax. 

 Bleeding from the facial vein is said to have been practiced with 

 good effect in recent and even extreme cases (see Fig. 1198). The 

 current of blood is arrested, by pressure on the lower border of the 

 jaw at a. 



