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the horse. The symptoms accorded with those above 

 named. A change of diet and mild aperient effected a 

 cure. 



A case of the poisoning of sheep is described in the 

 Veterinarian of 1844, p. 488. The cause was Ranunevlus 



Fie. 22. — Ranunculus Lingua (Great Spbarwort). 



repens. A few hours after the sheep had been in the field 

 several suddenly fell, the eyes rolled, and some showed 

 dizziness, and died with the head inclined over the left 



