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Treatment. — Cut into the swelling at the bottom part and 

 allow the water to discharge. Make a hole large enough in 

 which to insert the finger. After opening, bathe well with 

 lukewarm water twice a day; wipe dry, and apply the white 

 liniment around the swelling. In addition to this, dress the 

 inside of the swelling, to cause it to heal from the inside, with 

 compound tincture of benzoin or Friar's balsam. Green salve 

 may be used instead of the benzoin to put into the wound. 

 Insert it into the hole with a feather. 



9. Tumors or Lumps on the Shoulder. 



Causes. — The improper treatment of a bruise upon the 

 shoulder renders it liable to form a hard callous lump. 



Treatment. — The best treatment is to dissect the lump 

 out with a sharp knife, sew up the wound with a needle and 

 twine, and treat as an ordinary lacerated wound. There is 

 little danger in cutting around the shoulder, for there are no 

 large vessels where these lumps are generally found. 



10. Shoulder Joint Lameness. 



Fig. 49. — An Indication of Shoulder Joint Lameness. 



This is a very bad lameness, and the seat of the trouble 

 is generally situated where the large muscle of the shoulder 

 passes down through the pulley-shaped part of the bones on 

 the front of the shoulder joint. 



Causes, — A strain of the joint because of being cast in 

 the stall, plunging through deep snow, falling on the shoulder 



