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SO as to admit three fingers, that the abscess can be swabbed 

 out with a piece of sponge or cloth tied on the end of a 

 stick, to remove the pus. This will have to be done twice 

 in the day, till no more pus can be brought out. 



WOUND DILATER AND KNIFE. 



Occasionally syringe or squirt cold water into the sore, 

 and swab it out again, till completely dry. Then apply 

 the following, once in a day, with a swab : Creosote, one 

 ounce; oil of olives, two ounces; oil of turpentine, one 

 ounce ; mix. In applying the mixture do not use the 

 swab too freely, as it may break down the granulations 

 or the healing processes that are springing up to fill the 

 hole or cavity, and thereby prevent a perfect cure. 



When poll-evil is the result of diseased bone, and par- 

 takes of a fistulous character, it will not be so easily healed 

 or cured; for the underlaying bone being carious, and 

 becoming necrosed, before exfoliation or separation of the 

 dead bone takes place the horse may be dead — the process 

 taking years to perfect itself. And when it is cured, there 

 is usually a stiff neck remaining ever after. Ten drops of 

 sulphuric acid poured in the fistulous opening of the 

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