THE RESP. OR RED WATER. 
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quence of too great a secretion of it taking place in the true 
stomach Give the following specific :— 
Salt of tartar . 1 drachm, 
Epsom salts . . -Jr ounce, 
Bitter infusion . 1 gill. 
The following has also been found effectual in removing 
the complaint:— 
Calomel ... 3 grains, 
Jalap ... 1 drachm. 
CHAPTER III. 
DISEASES OF THE ABDOMEN. 
THE RESP, OR RED-WATER. 
Symptoms. —The beginning or end of winter are the times 
when this complaint makes its appearance. It is less com 
mon in higher mountain ranges, but pretty frequent in lower 
situations when hoar-frost prevails. Where sheep are put 
under cover during the night, they always escape this ma¬ 
lady, which manifests itself by an inflammation of the skin, 
and induces blisters, filled with a thin watery fluid, of a 
reddish colour. These first appear about the breast and 
belly, which is generally distended. After a short time they 
break, and the matter flows from the blisters, which, when 
fully discharged, are soon covered by a blackish scab. It is a 
disagreeable disease, but seldom proves fatal. Sheep affected 
with red-water become melancholy, and are usually seen 
lagging behind their fellows while feeding, and may be ob¬ 
served poking out their heads in an awkward manner, and 
