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caustic a few times, till the proud flesh turns black. Repeat at 

 another time, if necessary. Keep the caustic in a tightl}'- corked 

 bottle, or else it will be dissolved into fluid when next wanted. 



Sewing the lips of wounds and sores together is not now much 

 practised, as the stitches are apt to rot, and the parts swell, in 

 consequence of which the sewing gives way, thereby aggravating 

 the sore. 



Adhesive plaster is also not advisable, as, when it is put on over 

 the sore, it prevents the proper fluids thereof from being dis- 

 charged, and the moisture serves to loosen the plaster. 



(2.) Indolent Ulcers. — This variety of ulcer or sore usually 

 attacks the skin of the legs and heels of horses (see Phagadena, 

 Grease, and Farc}^), eating down into or below the surrounding 

 surface. It is covered with a whitish-gray matter, and, in some 

 few cases, small red spots are seen looking through the white cov- 

 ering. These are granulations, and are possibly unhealthy ones. 

 (See Frost Bites.) 



Cause. A bad habit of the body and blood ; poor feeding, and 

 debility. 



Treatment. Apply powdered blue stone to the ulcer, to eat ofl" 

 the unhealthy surface. Then apply a poultice for the night, made 

 of any soft, moist material — say boiled turnips, carrots, or bran 

 and flaxseed meal, made with a little warm water. The face of the 

 poultice should be covered with powdered charcoal or brewer's 

 yeast. Continue the treatment with an occasional poultice, and 

 tlie solution of blue stone. 



Feed the horse well, and give half-ounce doses of the sulphate 

 of soda, once a day, to purify and enrich the blood. 



(3.) Irritable Ulcer. — Example : Sores on the pastern-joint 

 irritated by the flies, heat and sweat of summer. 



Symptoms. Cannot be touched without they bleed ; angry-look- 

 ing, and very sore: highly inflamed, and extremely vascular. 



Treatment. Difficult to cure during warm weather, but easily 

 healed in moderate weather, when there are few or no flies. 



Dress the sore with oil of olives, one ounce ; creosote, lialf an 

 ounce ; oil of turpentine, half an ounce ; mix, and apply to the 

 sore with a piece of soft cloth, once a day. Do not let any of the 

 mixture run down on the hair, which will, if so treated, fall off". 



