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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
GRASS-ILL. 
I 
Grass-ill, is a disease which affects lambs from three weeks 
to a month old, and is caused by eating grass before the sto¬ 
mach is properly habituated to it, and no doubt from indi¬ 
gestion. It is most rapid in its progress, and speedily ter¬ 
minates in death, if not promptly attended to. The follow¬ 
ing should be given whenever the animal exhibits a languid 
dejected state :— 
Castor-oil ... 1 ounce, 
Tartarized antimony . 1 drachm, 
Infusion of gentian-root . \ gill; 
to be administered with the flexible tube funnel. 
MILK-ILL. 
Symptoms. —The animal exhibits a dull appearance, with 
the ears spread and hanging on either side of the head, in¬ 
stead of standing up in the ordinary manner. 
Cause and Cure. —This complaint is one affecting lambs, 
and follows weaning, and is probably owing to indigestion, 
and acids generating in the stomach. It is nearly akin to 
grass-ill, and we are not aware of any other remedy than 
the one recommended for that disease. When they are 
affected with scouring, from twenty to thirty drops of lau¬ 
danum may be given with effect. 
JAUNDICE, OR YELLOWS. 
This complaint is not a common one amongst sheep. It 
manifests itself by the white of the eyes assuming a greenish 
yellow cast, and their skin being of a yellow tinge all over. 
This disease, as in other animals, is caused by a diffusion 
of the bile over the different parts of the body, in conse- 
