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EPIZOOTIC LATELY AFFECTING LAMBS. 
We have attributed these effects to the animals having 
eaten of some poisonous herbage, but whether correctly so I 
cannot say. 
The post-mortem examinations reveal large patches of 
intense inflammation of the papillated surface of the rumen 
and omasum, and likewise of the villous coat of the abomasum. 
In many places extensive ecchymoses also exist. The 
reticulum appears unaffected. There is considerable tur- 
gescence of the vessels of the brain, but with this exception 
every other organ is usually found healthy. 
We have given trial to a variety of remedies, but with a 
very limited amount of success, most of the cases terminating 
fatally. I may just add, that the duration of the malady is 
various, some of the animals dying in the course of twenty- 
four or thirty- six hours, while others live several days. 
ON THE EPIZOOTIC LATELY AFFECTING 
LAMBS. 
By “ A Member of the Veterinary Profession.” 
I saw in the Veterinarian some time ago, an article from 
the pen of Mr. Parsons, respecting an epizootic disease in 
lambs, which occurred the summer before last. I am sorry 
I have not been able to notice it before, for the purpose of 
saying that the affection proved very fatal in my part of the 
country I heard that one farmer had lost nearly all his 
lambs, and that he remarked, he washed those which were 
alive had died, for they were so emaciated, that they w^ould 
never pay for their keep. I have not had the opportunity to 
prescribe for any of the diseased animals, nor to attend a 
post-mortem examination ; but a farmer, a friend of mine, who 
w 7 as fortunate not to lose many, told me he had had an excellent 
receipt given him by an old quack doctor, which he always 
used w ith the best of success. Here it is — oil of turpentine, 
salt, laudanum, and human urine, but in what proportions I 
do not know; the urine is, however, considered to be the 
“cure-all” of the mixture. A surgeon in the town has also 
informed me, that a person requested him to prescribe for 
some lambs affected with the epizootic, and he gave them 
Epsom salts and opium, with, as he said, very good effect. 
