140 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



coming out on the side cf the neck, a little beJow the 

 bottom of the abscess. Perhaps, by pressing the parts, in 

 order to produce a discliarge, keeping it open at the lop, 

 and by cleansing with frequent washings in strong soap 

 suds, the matter can be expelled without a seton. 



If the ulcer deepens and spreads, and threatens to eat 

 the ligatures of the neck, cleanse it by a weak lye of 

 wood ashes, and apply a poultice of the soft pulp o 

 roasted carrots, to Avhich add a small quantity of char- 

 coal powder. Should the healing of the wound proceed 

 too fast, the granulations should be touched with some 

 caustic. The operator should be cautious, as the acri- 

 monious matter discharged from the abscess may be 

 absorbed at the roots of his finger nails, and infect the 

 system with poison. 



Another. Friend Solon Robinson says, in the Frank 

 lin Farmer, ^'Here is a cure for poll evil, in its worst 

 state; when the swelling breaks, put into the opening 

 from which the matter discharges, a lump of pearlash 

 or potash, as big as you can with your finger. These 

 applications will cure the worst cases of poll evil or fis- 

 tula I ever saw." 



Another. A correspondent of the Albany Cultivator 

 recommends, as soon as the tumor appears, to make a 

 strong decoction of the root of the meadow plant or vine, 

 known by the name of poison ivy, mercury, or poison 

 vine, (^Rus radicans ;) bathe the tumor with this decoc- 

 tion every day, as hot as the horse can bear it, and heat 

 it in with a hot iron. It will soon begin to subside, and, 

 after some weeks, disappear. He cured a horse in this 

 way, that was so bad that he could not drop his head to 

 drink. 



Another. Several severe cases have been cured by 

 washing with soap suds, and putting common salt into 

 the ulcer, repeating it frequently. 



Another View of the Case. D. P. Closely, of West 

 Liberty, Kentucky, thinks this disease may be caused 

 Otherwise than by external injuries. He says, '' The 

 cerumenous glands are inte-rnalJy connected with the 

 ear and occiput, (hinder part of the head.) Their office 

 is to secrete cerumen, (ear wax,) which lubricates the 



