202 TREATMENT FOB ABBASED GUMS. 



extensive sloughing, so that the bone was completely 

 exposed. The pain was so great that the poor animal 

 stoutly resisted our efforts to remove the cause of its 

 suffering. This, however, was soon done, and the parts 

 being cleaned with tepid water, were afterward dressed 

 with Tinct. Myrrhae. Little after treatment was nec- 

 essary beyond the daily application of the tincture, a 

 mash diet, and the substitution of oatmeal gruel for 

 plain water." 



