AND CATTLB DOCTOR. 20S 



opening into the swelling in the first instance, which 

 may be done by running a hot iron into the lowest or 

 most depending part of it, making two or three open- 

 ings in this way where the fewest blood vessels are 

 situated ; and this operation requires particular cau- 

 tion, that the discharge may gradually come away, 

 and that no vessels may be injured, from the danger 

 of producing an internal hemorrhage, which would 

 occasion a new increase of swelling and inflammation, 

 instead of lessening the disease. When the openings 

 into the swelling are properly made, and a gradual 

 evacuation takes place, then the orifices are to be 

 plugged up, within twenty-four hours, with a caustic 

 composed of a small quantity of corrosive sublimate, 

 in powder, placed on tow, which is to be first wetted, 

 that the powder may adhere to it. The effect of this 

 will be to cause a sloughing of the coats of the swell- 

 ing, when a core to a certain extent will be brought 

 out, by which means a suppuration will ensue, and the 

 swelling be gradually reduced during its progress. 

 The swelling is to be rubbed at the same time with the 

 following mixture : 



Linseed oil, 8 ounces ; 



Oil of turpentine, 2 ounces ; 



Oil of vitriol, 1 ounce. 



Though the parts never regain entirely their natural 

 size, yet by these operations, the animal will be ena- 

 bled to move the joint without any inconvenience. 

 After the wounds are healed, the remaining callous or 

 swelling should be blistered two or three times, in order 

 to make the joint more pliable. The blister most proper 

 for the purpose is composed of Spanish flies and spirits 



