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Treatment. — Bathe well with hot water and salt, or vinegar, 

 twice a day, and where it is very sore poultice it once in a while 

 to help to bring it to a head. Each time after bathing ; pply 

 white liniment around the swelling; this also helps to bring it to 

 a head. When the abscess is ready ,to open there will be a soft 

 place on it where the hair is falling off and pulls out easily; take 

 a sharp penknife or lance and make a cut in it large enough to 

 put your finger in and clean all the matter out, and treat with 

 green salve, bathing and applying white liniment the same as is 

 given in the treatment of serious abscesses. 



RUNNING SORE (FISTULA). 



Running sore, or fistula, may form in any animal or in any 

 part of the body. 



Causes. — From the animal getting a deep wound and some 

 substance being left in the wound after it is healed which should 

 have been taken out before the wound healed up. It is also 

 caused from diseased bone, or a small piece of broken bone which 

 keeps festering. 



Treatment. — In all cases where it has been a wound that is 



healed up and then turns to a running sore, you may come to the 



conclusion there is something at the bottom of the wound that is 



causing the trouble, and if it is in a place you can operate on it 



without throwing the animal down, by twitching it, do so (this 



can generally be done in the horse), but if not, throw it down and 



secure it, then take a goose quill and probe into the hole to see 



which way it goes and the depth of it, then with a sharp knife cut 



a hole large enough for your finger to go in ; cut the hole to the 



bottom of the wound and clean out whatever there is in there, 



then treat the wound by bathing with warm water twice a day. 



After bathing each time put melted green salve up in the hole and 



apply white lotion in around the cut; keep this treatment up until 



it is healed. If it is caused from a diseased or fractured bone, 



cut down same as above and take the piece of bone out. If it is 



a diseased bone, scrape it out well with a hard steel spoon, and 



then treat the wound the same as given above, and it will soon 



be all right. 



STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 



The shock is instantaneous, and affects the brain and nerves. 



If the shock is heavy enough it causes immediate death, but if it 



is not severe enoug"h to cause death it leaves the animal prostrate, 

 unconscious and paralyzed. 



