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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
KECEIPTS.
No.
476.
Prevention
and
Cure
of
the
Foot-JRot
in
Sheep.
On
suspected
ground,
constant
and
careful
ex-
amination
ought
to
take
place
;
and
when
any
fis-
sures
or
cracks,
attended
with
heat,
make
their
ap-
pearance,
apply
oil
of
turpentine
and
common
brandy.
This
in
general
produces
a
very
beneficial
eftect
;
but
where
the
disease
has
been
long
seated,
and
becomes
in
a
manner
confirmed,
after
cleaning
the
foot
and
paring
away
the
infected
parts,
recourse
is
had
to
caustics,
of
w^hich
the
best
seems
to
be
sul-
phuric
acid
and
the
nitrate
of
mercury.
After
this,
pledgets
are
applied,
the
foot
bound
up,
and
the
animal
kept
in
a
clean
dry
situation
until
its
re-
covery
is
eftected.
But
it
often
happens,
where
the
malady
is
in-
veterate,
that
the
disease
refuses
to
yield
to
any
oi
all
of
the
above
prescriptions.
The
following
mode
of
treatment,
however,
if
carefully
attended
to,
may
be
depended
upon
as
a
certain
cure.
Whenever
the
disease
makes
its
appearance,
let
the
foot
be
carefully
examined,
and
the
diseased
part
well
washed,
and
pared
as
nigh
as
possible
not
to
make
it
bleed
;
and
let
the
floor
of
the
house
where
the
sheep
are
confined
be
strewn
3
or
4
inches thick
with
quick-lime
hot
from
the
kiln
;
and
the sheep,
after
having
their
feet
dressed
in
the
manner
above
described,
to
stand
in
it
during
the
space
of
6
or
7
hours.
In
all
cases,
it
is
of
great
importance
that
the
animal
be
afterwards
exposed
only
to
a
moderate