714 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



syringed with tepid water or the carbolic lotion (see Index), 

 and then 



Take Water, 1 ounce. 



Corrosive Sublimate, . . . . . . 5 grains. 



Mix, and use as a wash two or three times a day. But 

 when sinuses are ortce formed the case becomes more difficult, 

 yet it may be cured by rolling five or six grains of corrosive 

 sublimate in tissue paper, and pushing it down into the sinuses, 

 which will cause sloughing in six or eight days. Or a crystal 

 of nitrate of silver, five or six grains in weight, may be used 

 instead of the above, with similar results. But the most certain 

 and most satisfactory treatment is, to use a knife and carefully 

 follow and cut these sinuses to their bottoms, and then syringe 

 with the corrosive sublimate and water, as already given ; or 



Take Chloride of Zinc, 40 grains. 



Water, ......... 1 ounce. 



Mix, and use with a syringe two or three times a day. If 

 water can be so placed that it will run upon the part for an hour 

 or two each day, it will be of great benefit. If this can not be 

 done, the sore should be thoroughly cleansed with water two or 

 three times a day. If the animal is weak, or if the legs swell, 



Take Sulphate of Iron, ...... 1 ounce. 



Gentian Root, powdered, . . . . .2 ounces. 



Cinchona Bark, powdered, .... 1 ounce. 



Mix; make into eight powders, and give a powder three 

 times a day. Give plenty of good, easily digested food. 



Fistula of the Withers. This is an abscess on the withers, 

 which, if allowed to progress, forms sinuses or pipes, and until 

 these form it is not really a fistula. 



CAUSES. Any injury to the parts. The most frequent cause 

 is a misfitting saddle. 



SYMPTOMS. Heat, pain, and swelling, as in an abscess, and 

 if it is treated as an abscess in the start, sinuses may be pre- 

 vented. After sinuses are formed there is a continual flow of 

 pus, and if any bones are affected the pus has a very peculiarly 

 offensive smell. 



