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ance of the affected animals — General outline of symptoms — 

 Sir Anthony Fitzherbert's remarks respecting the blanching 

 of the vessels of the eye — Gervase Markham's epitome 

 of the symptoms — Thirst of rotten sheep explained with 

 reference to the composition of the blood — Indications of 

 approaching death 65-72 



11. Progress and Duration of the Malady : — 



Causes hastening or retarding the progress of rot — Instances of 

 long duration — Benefit of location of sheep on dry land — 

 Influence of weather upon the progress of rot — Sheep rotted 

 in 1860 surviving throughout the following year — Fairbairn's 

 proof of the inutility of food and shelter at the fall of the 

 year — Ill-effects of entozoa increased by innutritious diet — ■ 

 Effects of entozoa proportionate to their number — The cause 

 of few flukes being unproductive of mischief — Location of 

 entozoa regulating their effects on the animal — Time of the 

 declaration of the symptoms after sheep are affected with rot 72-75 



12. Post-mortem Appearances: — 



External indications of rot — State of the flesh, areolar, and 

 adipose tissues — Dropsical effusions into abdomen — General 

 condition of the abdominal viscera — The pathology of the 

 changes in the liver which have resulted from the presence 

 of flukes — Dead flukes forming nuclei for biliary concretions 

 — Cause of few flukes being sometimes found in the gall- 

 ducts — Analogous cases with regard to other entozoa — Ova 

 of flukes, where chiefly deposited — Kiichenmeister's account 

 of the first morbid effects on the liver — Condition of the 

 viscera of the chest — State of the brain and its meninges — 

 Frequent death of rotten sheep early in the disease from con- 

 gestion of lungs — General description of the lesions then met 

 with — Deleterious effects of the effluvium from the bodies of 

 rotten sheep — Death of a butcher from inhalation of the 

 efBuvium '. 75-81 



18. Treatment of Diseased Sheep: — 



General remarks with reference to the treatment of disease — 

 Empiric remedies for rot — Mills's statements of the benefit 

 of burnet — Ordinary properties of burnet — Professor Mar- 

 tyn's description of the plant — The employment of mercury 

 — Sir G. Stewart Mackenzie's advocacy of the agent — 

 Youatt's recommendation to bleed rotten sheep and to treat 

 them as for inflammation of the liver — Clater's receipt for 

 the cure — Fairbairn's experience in the use of salt — Plan 

 adopted by the Arabs to arrest the progress of rot — Review 

 of the preceding recommendations — Treatment of rot can 



