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small intestines. The former is discovered by rest- 

 less shifting of the hind feet, and frequent voiding 

 of small quantities of urine, and general disturbance. 

 When the horseman discovers such an untoward 

 result, he should at once send for his veterinary 

 adviser, as the inflammation is so apt to quickly 

 spread to the kidneys and produce death. 



Parts after blistering and firing cannot be too 

 carefully looked after, especially after firing. Fired 

 parts are examined from time to time by the 

 veterinarian who has operated ; not so with blistered 

 parts. Blistered surfaces at the end of forty-eight 

 hours should be fomented for an hour with very 

 warm water, and the gluey discharge thus softened 

 and cleared away. This should be repeated daily 

 if necessary, and a little saltless hog's-lard or sweet 

 oil rubbed npon the surface. The great secret of 

 blistering or firing and leaving no blemish mainly 

 consists in keeping the surface free from the dis- 

 charge produced, and protecting the surface from 

 the discharge in the intervals by smearing over it oil 

 or pure lard. The discharge in either case is irritating 

 to the part, and will scald off the hair it flows over. 

 If " proud flesh " is allowed to remain, a roughened, 

 thickened, hairless ridge remains along the path of 

 iron, and the parts are unsightly afterwards. 



Sometimes blister is used in a slightly diff"erent 

 way. Sweating blister, as some call it, is another 

 way of using cantharides blister or the biniodide 

 ointment. A very little is smeared on every day, 



