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out burn the place good with a red-hot iron, then bathe it twice a 

 day with luke warm water and apply the green salve and white 

 lotion after each bathing. If, at any time afterwards, there 

 should appear to be a red spot growing, tie the animal up and give 

 the spot another good burning with the red-hot iron, and keep 

 this treatment up until it is healed. In some cases when the dis- 

 ease has run on too long before it has been cut out, or after it is 

 cut out, it grows again worse than at first, or where it has been 

 entirely neglected and allowed to run on so long that the bones 

 become affected and smell bad destroy the animal and burn the 

 carcass, as it is not fit for beef and would be very apt to 

 communicate cancer to anyone eating the meat. 



ABSCESSES. 



Abscesses are of two kinds, one festers and has matter in it, 

 while the other, which is called a serious abscess, is only a bruise 

 containing water, or serum. These kind of abscesses are gener- 

 ally found around a horse's shoulder, but may aff'ect any part of 

 the body. 



Symptoms of a Serious Abscess.— About twenty-four hours 



after the bruise there will be a swelling varying in size from an 

 egg to that of a man's head, and when you press on it you can 

 tell there is fluid in it, and on opening it you will find a watery 

 looking fluid mixed with blood. 



Treatment of a Serious Abscess.— Cut a whole in the bottom 



part of the lump large enough to run your finger in and clean all 

 the fluid out, then bathe the part well with luke warm water and 

 salt, and insert melted green salve up into the lump through the 

 hole with a feather twice a day, also run your finger into the hole 

 once a day to keep it open until it heals inside, each time after 

 bathing rub the outside of the swelling with white liniment to help 

 get the thickening out and keep the swelling down. 



ABSCESSES THAT CONTAIN MATTER. 



Causes.— From distemper; from bruises; or from a cut heal- 

 ing up and there being some substance left in the cut which 

 afterwards festers. 



Symptonrs. — Abscesses differ from tumors, as they fester and 

 form matter; are hot and sore to handle; cause the animal to be 

 feverish and in pain, and after a time they come to a head and 

 either break or have to be lanced. 



