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INFLAMMATION OF THE TJDDER IN SHEEP, 
AND BRONCHITIS IN LAMBS. 
By Mr. J. Adlington Ainslie, Canterbury. 
In the month of July, I had under my care some sheep, the 
property of a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Canterbury, 
affected with inflammation of the udder; and some lambs, 
which I treated for bronchitis. 
The farmers and graziers in this part of Kent suffered con¬ 
siderable losses last season in their sheep stock. It is to be 
regretted that the profession and public are (as I apprehend) 
destitute of a standard work on the nature and treatment of 
sheep. Many are looking forward to the unceasing labours of 
a certain pen (to which we are already so much indebted) to 
supply the work so much wanted, in reference to this class of 
patients. Many of the practitioners in this part of the country 
do not attempt to treat any other animal than the horse. 
Whether this arises from the unwillingness of the farmer to pay 
for professional attention to stock generally, or from there being 
sufficient practice among horses, I cannot decide. 
The cases I offer to your notice I found existing amongst the 
improved breeds we have in this county, and on some of those 
farms where the meadow land is contiguous to the banks of the 
river Stowe. The dryness of the atmosphere appeared to have 
agreed with them. They had lambs running by their side, and 
were fat enough for the butcher. It is only in such situations 
we find cattle or sheep in that condition; and grazing must have 
been a bad trade, and the health of the stock must have suffered, 
in consequence of the little rain in this part of Kent for the last 
two years. In the neighbourhood of Romney Marsh the sluices 
have been opened, and the ditches filled wdth sea water; the 
effect of which has been severe, and the losses to many very 
great. In the lambing season, not only were most of the lambs 
lost, but many of the ewes died from ’debility, through the na¬ 
ture and poverty of their food. 
The first symptom observed in those which came under my 
care was lameness in one of the hinder extremities. On exa¬ 
mination I found the udder affected on the same side, consider¬ 
ably enlarged and indurated. In that stage I abstracted blood 
from fourteen to sixteen ounces; and gave sulph. magnes. 3 ij, 
pulv. zingib. Jss, bol. armen. q. s. in half a pint of warm 
water; and ordered fomentations to the udder. This treatment I 
found successful. Some cases had been treated by the herd. 
