DISEASES OF SHEEP. 



INFLAMMATION IN GENERAL. 



In the majority of diseases to whicli sheep are liable, in- 

 flammation of different parts of the body, either internal 

 or external, is the prominent symptom, and is the foundation 

 of most, often constituting the disease itself, and sometimes 

 being the beginning or the ending of other diseases. The 

 number of such diseases during the progress of which an 

 inflammation of a larger or smaller extent does not appear 

 to take place is not very large. Their frequent occurrence, 

 and also the dangerous and often deadly consequences of 

 such inflammations, require the greatest possible knowledge 

 of the most important events by which inflammations are 

 indicated, and for this reason the same shall be here amply 

 and fully described. 



"Wherever upon anj' part or spot of the body an increased 

 redness, an increased warmth, a swelling or extraordinary 

 sensibility appears, inflammation is indicated ; that is to 

 say, such part or spot is inflamed. The functions of such 

 an inflamed part are generally more or less disturbed and 

 unhealthy, and consequently such disturbed functions are 

 to be taken as a reliable and most characteristic mark of 

 inflammation. All parts of the body (the epidermis or 

 upper skin, the wool, the hoof, and the eyes excepted) are 



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