6o] L A M The red water is occasioned by too grc.i.t a quantity of undigested food resfiainiog on the stomach. As soon, therefore, as the lambs are attacked, Ihe best method hitherto known is, to take them from grass, bleed them, and administer .an emoJiient clyster, which is to be repeated, in case no evacuation take place in a ^hort time. Two or three grains of tartar emetic, or as many ounces of sweet-oil, are ilow to be given, and the bleeding re- peated, if: the animals do not.apr pear to recover. This treatment is t ) be -continued for the space of four or five, davs, durinsr which the diseased creatures should be fed with milk. . ; Lamb forms,. a considerable ar- ticle of food : being light and ■wiiolesome, it. is well calculated .for weak and delicate stomachs, though less- nourishing than mut- ton. Haiise-lamh, which is thus deno:ninated from the animaLs be- ing fed and fattened witiiin doors, .is neither so Avholesome nor so .iiutridve as tiie natural meat. •' Its tie.sh is devoid of taste, and eaten /only by. epicures j who, regardless of the dictates of reason, and the rules of temperance, attend only to the gratitication of their sensual appetites. . liAiiB's-LLTTUCE. See Corn- Salad. Lamb s-GL^RT£Rs. See Wild Orache. , LAMENESS, a weakness that may arise from various causes, in
- any part of tiie body.
Where this defefit originates from • natural deforrait}'-, it is generally ,- incur«ble : few infetanccs, however, , occur in which la luene.ss is here- ■riitary.; . though.it xuay also be in- due ed by causes that are difficult to be discovered. If it be occa- L A M sioned by exteraal accidents, ^uch as luxation of the tliigh at the birth; • Ixattures, &c. it cui be cured onlr by a skilful reduction of the dis- located limb.s, though it will always be attended widi halting. Frequently, however, the leg, in consequence of the rigidity of the muscles destined to put it in motion, contracts to such a degree that it cannot be moved widiout liaiping. In this case, it will b^ advisable to apply emollient fo- mentations ; to immerse the part affedled in mollifjdng baths ; or, for very robust individuals, to expose it frequently to the adion of a pump from mineral springs, and .to wear a .shoe furnished with a leaden sole, the weight of which should be proportioned to the cou:- traction of the limb. Much lameness, as well as de- formity, might certainly be pro- vented, if a stiicter attention were . paid to the early treatment of chil- dren. These are often afflicted with a weakness of the hips, ac- companied with a lameness of both sides of the body ; M'hlch is wholly -occasioned by inducing them to walk without any assistance, be- fore they have attained sulticient strength, to support themselves. Such debilil)' may, in some mea- sure, be counterafted by tying a girdle round the waist, that should extend to the whole circumference of die belly ; and which, if well braced at the hips, will invigorate the loins, while it gradually ena- bles children to walk. It will also be advisable to bathe such weak limbs in astringent decoiStions, fre- quently in the course of the day, for several montlis. — See Rick- ets ; and also vol. ii. p. 218. Beside these common causes of lamenesSj there aie various other circuiU'
