290 CASES OF BABIES. 



and instantly, and, so far as I could, faithfully, recorded the 

 facts seen hy my own eyes. 



No remedies were administered to any of the sheep, under 

 the impression that it would be utterly useless, and attended 

 with disagreeahle if not dangerous consequences. 



Professor Hyde, of the Geneva Medical College, kindly 

 promised to assist me in making post mortem examinations 

 of the several patients — but necessary absence from home 

 prevented it from being attended to until it was too late. I 

 regretted this less, because it is well known that in all such 

 cases, the post mortem appearances are irregular, unsatisfac- 

 tory, and not characteristic of the special disease. 



Two later cases occurred in the same flock, from the bites 

 inflicted on the night of the 24th of December — in the last 

 of February or first of March, according to my present recol- 

 lection ; but I can not speak with certainty, having given my 

 memoranda to an Agricultural Editor. The general course 

 of the disease was the same. The last animal exhibited 

 peculiar violence, fighting a stick thrust toward her with a 

 ferocity xesembling that of an enraged dog; and, unlike its 

 predecessors, it constantly uttered short, angry bleats when 

 making its attacks. It remained equally furious after it was 

 unable to rise. 



