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POLL EVIL, OR FISTULA. 



CHAPTER XXL 



POLL EVIL, OR FISTULA. 



THE former comes on the poll or top of the head, a 

 little back of the ears, the latter just beside the top of the 

 wither. Unless the horse should be a highly valued one, 

 I would not advise a gentleman to bother about curing 

 him, but sell him to some one whose business it is to cure 



THE POSITION OF THE HEAD BEFORE AN ENLARGEMENT ANNOUNCES THE EXIST- 

 ENCE OF AN ABSCESS ON THE POLL. 



and sell ; but for the benefit of any who should desire to 

 attempt the cure, I will advise. Both diseases come from 

 the same cause, a bruise ; and as they first get hard, swell, 

 then suppurate, the only plan is to open at the lower 

 part of the diseased poll or wither, so as to let the nox- 

 ious matter out below. When it has been running until the 

 swelling is somewhat abated, wash out with Castile soap 



