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briskly. I gave a ball composed of half an ounce of nitre, one 
drachm of emetic tartar, and twenty grs. pulv. opii, and ordered 
it to be repeated at night. 
8tk . — Much better — bowels regular — appetite increasing. The 
patient is cheerful, but very weak. Give nitre one-third of an 
ounce, emetic tartar one drachm, gentian two drachms, with a 
little bran and oats twice a day. 
9th . — The ball, with a little ginger, was repeated, and ordered 
to be continued daily for two or three days, with no increased 
allowance of corn. A few day afterwards I saw the owner, who 
told me that the horse was perfectly well. 
CONSULTATION RESPECTING SHEEP. 
Dear Sir, 
A feiend of mine, a very extensive farmer and grazier, 
residing on the banks of the Ouse, a low and marshy district, 
has had the misfortune to lose many of his sheep for some years 
past, in the spring and autumn, from some fatal disease. B y 
examining two or three after death, I found it to be Pleuritis. 
There was nearly a quarter of an inch thickness of coagulable 
lymph on the whole surface of the pleura, and between its layers 
more or less serous fluid. The substance of the lungs was free 
from disease, as were all the other viscera. 
This disease has been confined to the well-bred sheep, and Mr. 
never saw it in his coarser skinned sheep : so fatal, how- 
ever, has it been in the pure Leicester, that he cannot any longer 
breed them pure; he now mixes them with Half-Lincoln. These 
do not escape ; within the past week many have died. Mr. 
has observed, that the malady has been more prevalent when the 
sheep have been placed upon rich food, such as cabbage and tur- 
nips: it is seldom seen when they are kept on grass or dry food. The 
treatment that has been adopted from time to time has been attend- 
ed with no good effect ; in fact, it has been directed by no very 
defined indication, except that of bleeding the whole flock when 
any case has been suspected; and, when the animal is actually 
seized, bleeding again. Only one sheep ever recovered, and that 
was kept in a constant state of faintness for two or three days by 
repeated bleedings. 
We feel very anxious that a more effectual mode of treatment 
should be adopted, for many of the sheep are of the greatest 
value. I occasionally had the pleasure of hearing your lectures 
at the University, and therefore feel desirous of having your 
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