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[No. 3] 
On the use of Milk to regenerate decayed 
Sheep , and jfbr other purposes . 
The simplicity of the method recommended in this essay 
to regenerate decayed sheep, ought not to militate against 
it. The more we follow nature, in her plain and easy ways, 
and the more we study and imitate her laws, the more we 
approach truth and avoid the deception of sophistry and er¬ 
ror. 
I purchased in 1810 an imported merino ram: This ani¬ 
mal was low in flesh, his eyes looked drooping, and it was 
apprehended that his existence would be but short. A 
number of things were recommended to me to restore his 
strength, but as I had little time to devote to his improve¬ 
ment, the season being advanced, I thought best to make 
him take warm milk from a handsome young heifer, which 
was appointed his nurse. He soon became very fond of 
that beverage and in a short time he has been able to serve 
a flock of two hundred ewes. Milk was not, however, his 
only support; he was during his restorative treatment kept 
on a small piece of grass and ate twice a day about a quart 
of rich wheat bran. The idea of employing milk for the 
restoration of this animal came to me by the recollection I 
had of the great use made by the French physicians of that 
-emulsion in cases of debility and decay. They generally 
prescribe cows, goats, or asses’ milk. But the celebrated 
M. Delamure, professor of physic of the university of Mont¬ 
pelier, observing with reason that women’s milk was more 
congenial to our system, he employed it with the greatest 
success in cases of emaciation and marasmus. He even re¬ 
commended to his patients to suck that excellent restora- 
