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ILLUSTRATED 8TOCK DOCTOR. 
This is also excellent for burns, bruises, irritable and moist ulcers, in- 
flamed tendons, moist skin diseases, and cracked and itching surfaces, 
and also for sore lips. 
Inflammation of the Eyes. 
Simple ophthalmy sometimes occurs in sheep. If there is serious in- 
flammation, bleed slightly from the facial vein — the vein running down 
obliquely from the eye, and bathe with the following : 
No. 3. 8 Grains sulphate of ziM^ 
1 Ounce water, 
IB Drops laudanum. 
Mix, and batho lightly twice a day. 
Sheep Distemper. 
Malignant epizootic catarrh is an epidemic accompanied by severe con- 
gestion and inflammation of the lining membrane of the nasal cavities and 
sometimes extending into the stomach and bowels, is as to its cause un- 
known, but has occasionally been very fatal, both East and West. 
now to Know It. 
There is depression, a slight watery discharge from the nostrils and tho 
eyes, which are partly closed and paler than natural. There is more or 
less loss of appetite. The pulse is normal as to frequency, but is weaker 
than usual. There is no cough, and the breathing is not changed unless 
the bronchial tubes are affected. The symptoms increase, until the end 
of a week the discharge from the nose is thick and glutinous, some, 
times tinged with blood ; eyes half closed, the lids gummed with a yellow 
secretion. The respiration is difficult, emaciation and prostration great} 
the pulse very low, the appetite is gone, and in from ten to fifteen days 
the animal dies. 
What to Do. 
At the first symptoms, remove the sheep to a dry, well ventilated 
place, where they may be kept comfortably warm. Give them concen- 
trated and nourishing food and stimulants. If the bowels are costive, 
give them, say; 
8 Grains corrosive sublimate 
1 Oz. rhubarb, 
2 Oz. ginger, 
3 Oz. gentiar 
No. 4. 
