10 REMEDIES FOR INFLAMMATION. 



The treatment of inflammation is either local 

 or constitutional. The topical remedies recom- 

 mended in various parts of this book are alone 

 sufficient to effect a cure by re-solution, if timely 

 employed, and the inflammation from the strain, 

 contusion, wound, or other cause, is not violent. 

 Should there be a splinter of wood, or any extra- 

 neous body in a wound, we must remove it as soon 

 as possible ; and in curing- strains of all kinds, rest 

 is absolutely requisite. A cure b}'^ re-solution may 

 be expected if the swelling decreases, and the heat 

 and pain abate. If the inflammation runs high, and 

 the constitution becomes affected, we have re- 

 course not only to local, but constitutional means 

 to resolve it ; the first of which is bleeding from 

 the neck or jugular vein, to the quantity of three 

 to six quarts, according to circumstances. An 

 ounce of nitre should be given to the horse once a 

 day while in this state. Diuretic balls are also be- 

 neficial. A pint, or a pint and a half, of castor oil 

 should be given once or twice during the violence 

 of the inflammation, or a mild aloetic purge. If 

 the symptoms of inflammation are not so severe, 

 topical bleeding is frequently necessary ; as open- 

 ing a vein as near the part affected as you can, 

 and taking two or three quarts of blood away, 

 which, with the other remedies employed, sub- 

 dues the inflammation, and prevents matter form- 

 ing. When the part affected lies rather deep, 



