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vinegar. The bowels should be opened by injections of 

 milk- warm soapsuds, or 3 oz. sulphate of soda if necessary. 

 Avoid heating agents. In the advanced stages support by 

 quinia, gentian, nitric acid, and nutritious gruels, even 

 animal broths. The pustules may be treated with the 

 ointment advised for cow-pox, or, if unhealthy, with weak- 

 solutions of chloride of zinc. 



prevention. Nothing short of general infection will 

 justify the treatment of this disease. It should be excluded 

 from our country by the most stringent supervision over 

 tlie importation of sheep and their products, and when it 

 does appear should be promptly stamped out by the de- 

 struction and disinfection of the sick and the purification 

 of all with which they have come in contact. Inoculation 

 as a measure of prevention is unwarrantable except in the 

 case of wide-spread infection, a contingency which ought 

 never to arise in this country. 



GOAT-POX. 



This is a rare and mild affection, with an eruption on the 

 ndder and teats closely resembling that of Cow-pox. It 

 has been thought to be spontaneous in the goat, but is 

 known to be derived from sheep suffering from Sheep-pox. 

 It follows a mild course and requires the same care as Oow- 

 jpox. Seclusion or destruction and disinfection are, how- 

 ever, imperative when danger is likely to arise for sheep. 



BWINE-POX. 



This is more frequent than Ooat-pox. It is communica- 

 ble to man and goat. Young pigs are thought to be most 

 liable. The eruption appears inside the forearm and thighs, 

 and is usually preceded by considerable fever. It is discrete 

 or confluent like Sheep-pox, and the severity corresponds. 



