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is best to throw the animal and secure it before attempting 

 to cut the cancer out. As soon as this is done burn the 

 wound well with a red-hot iron, bathe it twice a day with 

 lukewarm water and apply the green salve and white lotion 

 after each bathing. If, at any time afterwards, there should 

 appear to be a red spot growing, tie the animal up and give 

 the spot another good burning with the red-hot iron, and 

 lceep this treatment up until it is healed. 



In some cases when the disease has run on too long 

 before cutting it out, or after it is cut out, it grows again 

 worse than at first, or where it has been entirely neglected 

 and allowed to run on so long that the bones become affected 

 and smell bad, destroy the animal and burn the carcass, as it 

 is not fit for beef and would be very apt to communicate 

 cancer to anyone eating the meat. 



3. Abscesses. 



Abscesses are of two kinds, (a) serous, and (b) festered. 



(a) A Serous Abscess is merely a bruise containing water 

 or serum. 



Causes. — It is the result of a bruise and is usually found 

 in the vicinity of the shoulders or under the breast. Any 

 part of the body, however, may be affected. 



Symptoms. — About twenty-four hours after the bruise 

 there is a swelling varying in size from an egg to that of a 

 man's head. When you press on it you can tell there is fluid 

 in it, and on opening it you will find it to be watery looking 

 and mixed with blood. 



Treatment. — Cut a hole in the bottom part of the lump 

 large enough in which to run your finger. Clean all the fluid 

 out, then bathe the part well with lukewarm water and salt, 

 and insert melted green salve up into the lump through the 

 hole with a feather twice a day. Run your finger into the 

 hole once a day to keep it open until it heals inside. Each 

 time after bathing rub the outside of the swelling with white 

 liniment to assist in removing the thickening and keeping the 

 swelling down. 



(b) Festered Abscesses are those that contain matter. 

 Causes. — Distemper, bruises, or a cut healing over some 



substance left in it which afterwards festers may give rise t<"> 

 a festered abscess. 



