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Foment the shoulder well with hot water frequently ; a seton 

 will often be found beneficial. After fomenting two or three 

 days, use the following liniment : laudanum, one ounce ; spirits 

 of camphor, one ounce ; tincture of myrrh, one ounce ; castile 

 Boap, one ounce ; alcohol, one pint. Or, sweet oil, one pint ; 

 spirits of hartshorn, three ounces ; shake well together. 



OPEN JOINTS. 



These are generally the result of a punctured wound ; the 

 capsular ligament that surrounds the joint and confines the 

 joint oil within its proper limits being thereby penetrated. 

 Tiiese accidents are often attended with serious results, from 

 the inflammation that is likely to arise from such an injury. 



For treatment, efforts should first be made to close the 

 wound, that the escape of the oil which lubricates the joint 

 may be prevented. If the wound is small, it may be closed 

 by means of a hot iron ; if large, shave off all the hair around 

 the opening, apply a piece of linen cloth well saturated with 

 collodion, and bandage the part. Care must be taken to have 

 the skin around the wound perfectly dry, or the collodion will 

 not adhere. Shoemaker's wax, or common glue, applied in 

 the same way, will frequently answer the purpose. The 

 animal must be kept perfectly quiet, his bowels opened, and he 

 be kept upon his feet for several days ; if, however, the collo- 

 dion adheres well, this is not of so much importance. 



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This imaginary disease has been the occasion of the infliction 

 of much cruelty and unnecessary torture upon the horse. No 



