54 DISEASES OF THE HOESE. 



pus or other fluid may escape. This pouch should be 

 opened at its lowest bottom, so as to let the fluids out, and 

 to prevent a bulge or permanent swelling remaining after 

 the knee has otherwise healed. By attention to this, very 

 little or no blemish or scar will be left to tell the tale of a 

 stumbling horse, or a bad horseman. 



Bruises of the Sole. — (See Foot Diseases.) 



Burns and Scalds. — Injuries inflicted upon some 

 parts of the body by the application of solid heat, is 

 called burns ; by fluid heat, scalds. 



Treatment. In horses the treatment is chiefly local ; for 

 in cases of fire in large cities, the generation of steam is 

 sometimes so great, that it is inhaled by animals in the 

 burning building : this is termed scalding. Not much can 

 be done, nor is there much hope of a cure in cases of this 

 kind. The utmost that can be done is to give plenty of 

 cold water to drink, and keep down pain by means of 

 aconite, (which see.) 



For burns the best application will be, one pint of lin- 

 seed oil, and half a pint of lime water, stirred together, 

 or rather whipped (as cooks usually do eggs,) till the 

 mixture is like thick cream. This is to be applied to 

 the burned places, spread on cotton or linen rags, for a few 

 days ; then the sores are to be dressed with green ointment. 

 (See Ointments.) 



Bursa Mucosa Enlarged. — (See Spavin and Wind 



Galls.) 



Calculi. — Stone in the bladder. 



Cancers. — This is a hard tumor, malignant in its 

 character, at first small in size, but rapidly increases, and 

 becomes ulcerated. The horse is not affected with so many 

 varieties of cancerous growth as the ox and the dog, and 



