STRAIN OF THE INSIDE MUSCLE OF THE SHOULDER. 227 



Take — Oil of spike 2 ounces. 



Oil of origanum 2 ounces. 



Aqua ammonia 2 ounces. 



Spirits of turpentine 2 ounces. 



Sweet oil * ... 2 ounces. 



Alcohol 2 ounces. 



Mis, to form a liniment. 



This is to be applied freely to the shrunken parts, and well 

 rubbed in, every other day. Four applications will cure it. 



The disease may be cured either by a seton or rowels. If 

 the seton is preferred, the seton-needle should be armed with a 

 tape of sufficient length ; the needle is passed through the skin 

 at the upper border of the shrunken part, and passed down 

 under the skin and out at the lower border. The tape is then 

 drawn through, and the ends tacked or knotted together. The 

 tape should be smeared with Venice turpentine, or fifteen or 

 twenty drops of tincture of Spanish flies may be dropped into 

 the upper opening. The seton should be turned and washed 

 every day. In fifteen or twenty days the seton may be taken 

 out, and the sweeny will be cured. 



But I much prefer the use of rowels. Three will be suffi- 

 cient — one put in above, one in the middle, and one below. 

 The mode of preparing and inserting rowels, and attending to 

 them, is described in the article on "Rowels," which see. 



STRAIN OF THE INSIDE MUSCLE OF THE SHOULDER. 



This difficulty is of less frequent occurrence than strain of 

 the outside muscles of the shoulder, but is a much more formi- 

 dable ailment. The difficulty is in the great saw-muscle, which 

 is the principal muscle in bearing the weight of the body, and 

 connecting the forearm with the body. 



Sfjmjjtoms. — I can not give a better knowledge of this alfec- 

 tion than by giving the history of a case which recently came 

 under my observation. The subject was a large draught-horse, 

 used in a team for switching railroad cars. He was a fine, mus- 



