[21] Old casks, wanting ends, form the best of all contrivances for holding salt for sheep, as when laid on their sides, and retained in that position by stakes, they allow the sheep free admission, at the same time that the salt is defended from rain.

[22] Paris's Pharmacologia, sixth edition, vol. i. p. 147.

[23] Paris's Pharmacologia, vol. i. p. 146.

[24] Whenever we hear a person recommending a medicine of universal virtues, we may safely set him down either for a fool or an impostor. Things which are good for every thing are good for nothing.

[25]

Diseases affecting

The Stomach and Intestines.
Blown or Blast.
Braxy, Sickness, or Blood.
Pining, Daising, Vinquish or Vanquish.
Staggers.
Diarrhœa or Rush.
Dysentery, Cling, Breckshaw or Breckshuach.
The Skin and Hoofs.
Scab or Itch.
Erysipelas or Wild-fire.
Red Water.
Leg Evil or Black-leg.[26]
Inflammatory appearances caused by the{1. Maggot.
{2. Ked.
{3. Tick.
{4. Œstrus bovis.
Sore Teats.
Foot-rot.
The Air Passages.
Inflammation caused by the{1. Œstrus ovis.
{2. Pentastoma.
{3. Strongylus filaria.
Coryza.
Glandular tissues,—viz. the Lungs, Liver, & Kidney.
Rot.
Jaundice.
Dropsy.
The Brain and Spinal Marrow.
Sturdy, Gid or Dizzy, caused by{1. Hydatids or Bloba.
{2. Hydrocephalus, or Water in the Head.
Trembling, Thwarter or Leaping-ill.
Wood Evil.
The Eye.
Ophthalmia.
Soft Cancer.

[26] Leg evil ought properly to be classed with diseases of the vascular system, being in many instances merely a symptom of disease in the heart or great vessels; but as the same results are arrived at by placing it under the present head, nicer distinctions would only tend to create confusion.

[27] In speaking of remedial measures, the word treatment ought to be used in preference to "cure" which figures at the head of the medical advice in veterinary works. It is sheer nonsense to blazon such a word in pages having any pretentions to candour, for how seldom are we able conscientiously to affirm that our endeavours will be followed by a cure. All we can do is to pursue the treatment best adapted for the attainment of so desirable an end.

[28] A gradual wasting of the animal, similar to what occurs in pining, may result from the irritation consequent on swallowing pointed bodies, as pins or needles. I have in my possession a very stout needle, given me by Mr Wilkin of Tinwald Downs, which was found buried in the coats of the stomach of a young sheep which died under the above symptoms, having been ill about three months.