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BURNS AND SCALDS. 



373. Treatment. — Bathe or tie up the parts with any mild 

 antiseptic solution, or dust the surface with horac add or flour and 

 cover with cotton and a bandage. If sloughing occurs, treat as an 

 ordinary wound. 



Injuries Recefv^ing Special Names. 



374. Capped elbow (shoe boil). 



Causes. — A bruise at the point of the elbow produced by lyinc 

 upon a hard unbedded floor. 



Symptoms.~A hot, painful swelling at the point of the elbow, 



Treatment. — Cold irrigations and ivhite 

 lotion baths. After the inflammation has 

 been reduced, apply tincture of iodine 

 daily or blister. If an abscess forms and 

 theswellino; bursts, syringe out daily with 

 an antiseptic solution. Cross-tie the ani- 

 mal during treatment. Operative meas- 

 ures must be left to the veterinarian. 



Prevention. — Keep the stall floor level 

 and give plenty of bedding. 



376. Capped hock (fig. 38). 



Causes. — ^A bruise to the point of the 

 hock caused by lying upon hard, un- 

 bedded floors, and by kicking against the 

 stall or other hard objects. 



Symptoms. — A hot painful swelling at 

 the point of the hock. 



Treatment. — Same as for capped elbow. 



Prevention. — If due to kicking in the 

 stall, pad the heel posts with gunny sacks 

 and straw. If due 1o lying on a hard 

 floor, provide a good bed'. 



376. Fistulous withers (fig. 39).— 

 An abscess in the vicinity of the withers 

 having a chronic discharge of pus from 

 one or more openings. It may involve the soft structures only, or it 

 may extend to the bones. 



Causes. — Bruises, usually from the saddle or collar. 



/Symptoms and treatment. — See abscesses, paragraph 372, 



Fig. 38, 5.— Capped hock. 



