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Mr. Farrall said he had just another question to ask. It 
had struck him ’ very forcibly that the dose of salt (one tea¬ 
spoonful) referred to in the case of Mr. Twentyman’s sheep 
was very small. If two teaspoonfuls had been administered 
would it not have cured them altogether ? 
Mr. Thompson said that salt was a very peculiar article, 
though a very common one. They tried two spoonfuls, and 
it brought on diarrhoea, evidently proving that two spoonfuls 
were too much. Salt was a very peculiar agent, and though 
simple, needed to be used with discretion. 
Dr. Jones observed that the plains surrounding the Mediter¬ 
ranean were great salt producers, and that might have some¬ 
thing to do with rendering the Mediterranean more salt since 
the opening of the Suez Canal. With regard to the admin¬ 
istration of alkalies he might say that in some forms they 
were very relaxing if given in large quantities ; more par¬ 
ticularly in the case of sheep and cattle of an asthenic nature, 
while the chlorides were very forcible in their action, and 
suited their constitution much better. Horses were more the 
other way, and needed alkalies. Draining the land, he 
believed, would tend to lessen the conditions favourable to 
the development of disease. Wherever there was water there 
was ranker vegetable , growth, which was favourable to the 
production and development of these little pests. Draining 
the land would be a good thing; he did not see why there 
should be these marshy places on the land. Fog or after- 
math, he thought, must also be favourable to the production 
of this disease, and before turning either sheep or cattle into 
the fields to eat the fog, it would be a good thing to give it a 
dressing of salt. He hoped these few arguments w T ould help 
to strengthen Mr.' Thompson’s remarks. His (Dr. Jones’) 
