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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



constitutes a confirmed fistula, and comes 

 under the very method of cure described in 

 the last article, with renewed instruction and 

 remembrance to lay open all sinuses or cavities 

 into which the probe can be passed, taking 

 care to make no transverse opening across the 

 withers, to avoid dividing the long ligament; 

 but be careful to make the incisions longitudi- 

 nally on either side, or both, if it should be re- 

 quired. Should the discharge not put on an 

 iiealthy appearance, make an ointment of the 

 following • 



Take Digestive ointment - - 2 oz. 



Red precipitate - - - 2 drains. 



Form into an ointment, and apply every 

 morning to the wound, until the discharge 

 becomes more healthy. Should you succeed 

 by the above application, in obtaining an 

 healthy discharge of pus, try the following, in 

 order to heal the wound as soon as possible : 



2oz. 

 1 do. 

 1 do. 



Take Vinegar - - _ _ 

 Compound tinct. myrrh 

 Tinct. of cantharides 



Inject this mixture to the bottom of the 

 wound two or three times a day, which 

 will produce a healtliy secretion of pus, 

 and promote the healing process. If you 

 should make up your mind not to use the 

 lotion, it would be as well to warm the preci- 

 pitate ointment in an iron ladle, and pour in 

 the wound, so that it may penetrate every 

 sinus that may have been formed. 



Incisions or scarifications made whenever 

 necessary, and all callous, hardened parts must 

 be disected out, and, if required, pass two or 

 three setons in the mo.st depending situations 

 you possitily can. 'I'his method should be 

 pursued in preference to any other, unless the 



wound has been suffered to proceed some con- 

 siderable time, and a vast formation of proud 

 or fungus flesh have formed, when the knife 

 becomes the only remedy. This method 

 should have the preference on all occasions ; 

 consequently, if the milder method should 

 not succeed in restoring the parts, then you 

 must proceed with the scalding method, as in 

 pole-evil. 



Thus much by way of instruction for curing, 

 what may mostly be prevented by a moderate 

 care and attention : keep in mind that this 

 disease, when first discovered, may be com- 

 pletely removed by repellent applications, but, 

 when bruise after bruise is suffered to go on, 

 and matter once formed, repellents do much 

 more harm than good. If none of the pre- 

 ceding applications should at all be successful, 

 you must proceed to the scalding ones, such 

 as described for pole-evil, which we beg to 

 refer the reader to. 



ULCERS IN THE MOUTH. 



There sometimes arise ill-conditioned ulcers 

 in the mouth, from the irritation of too severe 

 a bit, or from some sympathetic inflammation, 

 such as a ragged tooth, and frequently from 

 constitutional irritation, when it not infrequently 

 occasions watery tumours to arise similar to 

 gum-boils in the human subject : to remedy 

 this affection, take the following mixture, 

 touching the sores three or four times a day : 



Take Spirits of vvine 2 oz. 



Vinegar - - - 2 do. 



Honey - - - - 1 do. 



AUim, burnt - - 4 drams. 



Take a small stick, with some linen or tow 

 tied to the end of it, and apply as directed 

 above. As all persons do not know tUe 



