Sijmploms. — At first the animal appears resiles.-*; 

 throwing his head back and returning- it to the former 

 position, as it" the eftbrts had occasioned pain. Soon 

 after, it droops the head, holding it first on one side and 

 then on the other ; appears dull about the eyes, and be- 

 comes sluiisish in his movements. In this state it con- 

 tinues a longer or shorter timp. As it goes on, a dis- 

 position to flinch from the touch is evinced whenever the 

 part is approached with the hand ; if the evil be deep 

 seated the swelling is wide, but not so high ; and when 

 nearer the surface, it presents a point, is circumscribed 

 by a well marked circle, and tells by its throbbing at the 

 point how necessary it is to let the matter out. Again, 

 to ascertain that the matter is near the surface, apply 

 two fingers alternately on the sides of the tumor, and 

 the matter will recede from side to side. Let it out. 



Cure. — When not deeply sealed, at an early stage of 

 the disorder, some persons attempt to carry it oft' thro' 

 the animal system by embrocations and mild physic ; 

 but experience has shown that the safest and most eftec- 

 tual cures are efi^ected by drawing the disorder out ex- 

 ternally. With this view, as soon as the evil is kiiown 

 to exist, let the parts be softened and drawn with a poul- 

 tice of oatmeal, put on luke-warm, twice a day ; if the 

 effect be not visible to the eye and touch, increase the 

 powers of the poultice, by the addition of onions chop- 

 ped and mixed with the poultice whilst warm. The 

 poultice should be put an inch thick at least, over the 

 whole swelling, having a small quantity of sweet oil, 

 hog's lard, or oil of turpentine mixed therewith. When 

 the evil is drawn near the surface, and the matter can be 

 felt as before described, an opening is to be made the 

 whole length of the abscess, a little below its centre, 

 taking care that the knife do not pass ci^oss-wise, lest 

 the attachment of the cirvicular licjament to the first 

 (vertebra?) bone, should be severed ; in which case the 

 animal would droop his head ever after. On the escape 

 of the matter, after ascertaining with a probe whether it 

 runs in pipes, of sinuses, this way and that, or with 

 small bis of diseased fibre or membrane stretching 

 across the cavity, so as nearly to divide it into unequal 

 parts — let each be just touched with the knife. It must 

 be kept running by means of a seaton, as directed for 



