The Rot in Sheep. 
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of iron. Apart, liowovcr, from tlio question of a partial cliango 
in the agents, we can speak confidently of the practical utility of 
the compound in the treatment of rot. The quantity of it to be 
given to each sheep daily should be half a pint, in addition to an 
ordinary allowance of corn or cake and hay-chaff. It may be used 
with advantage for three or four weeks in succession, but should 
be discontinued occasionally for a day or two, especially if the 
animals become affected with diarrhoea. 
In the further treatment of rot, attention should be given to the 
expulsion if possible of the flukes from the biliary ducts — not 
that we think any medicinal agents can be depended on for this 
purpose. Neverth(>lcss, trial may be made of the oil of turpentine, 
combined with linseed oil and nitric a.'ther, in the following 
proportions : — 
on of tiuTontiue ^^^^^ 2 drachm.. 
Nitnc a^tlior j 
Liusced oil 2 ozs. 
This may be administered once a day for three or four suc- 
ceeding days, at intervals of about a fortnight ; and, although not 
positively required, it may be as well if the medicated food 
compound be suspended at these times. Beyond the adoption of 
these measures we can see no advantage in the medical treatment 
of this disease. 
Under the head of treatment, however, we must not omit to 
mention that trial has recently been given to a French remedy 
for rot. The full particulars of this are set forth in the subjoined 
report to the Royal Agricultural Society by the author of the 
present thesis. We deem it right that this should be trans- 
ferred to these pages for the sake of completeness, and also to 
record our meed of praise to the gentleman who introduced the 
remedy to the notice of the English public : — 
'* Report on the Employmerd of a French Remedy for the Cure of Rot 
in Sheep. 
" It will be remembered that in the early part of the year M. Trehounais 
called the attention of the agricultural community to a remedy, miTch extolled 
for its curative properties, which had been employed in some parts of France 
for the rot in sheep, and that M. Trehonnais also very liberally engaged to 
obtain a sufficient quantity of the agent for trial in this country. The Council 
resolved, in consequence of this favourable report, on the recommendation of 
the Veterinary Committee, to purchase some sheep for the experiment, and 
voted a sum of 121. for the purpose. 
" In accordance with this resolution, instructions were given me to procure 
such animals as I deemed fitting for the purpose, and to commence the 
experiment as early as circumstances would permit. In selecting the sheep, 
■which were of the improved Dorset breed, I took care that they should be of 
the same age as near as possible, be also in a condition warranting the belief 
that they would survive long enough to give a fair trial to the medicine, but 
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