300 SCROTUM^ INFLAMED. ...SETONS. 



Scrotum, inflamed. 



An acute inflammatory affection^, not unlike human erysi- 

 pelas, often falls into the scrotum, or hag, of dogs, which is, 

 in fact, a species of acute mange. It proves very distressing 

 and painful to the animal, from the extreme irritation, heat, 

 and swelling that always accompany it. It sometimes pro- 

 ceeds to superficial ulceration, becomes raw, and produces 

 pus ; at others, it remains red and tumefied. Although it is 

 a mangy aifection, yet, like that which attacks the head, it 

 must be deprived of its irritable and highly inflamed state 

 before any of the specific applications detailed for the cure 

 of mange can be borne. The cure, therefore, should be be- 

 gun by bleeding, purging, and cooling alteratives, with 

 sparing food. The parts themselves may be dressed with the 

 following, taking care to prevent the dog from licking them, 

 which only aggravates the complaint, robs the parts of their 

 remedy, and may injure the health by the lead being received 

 into the stomach : — 



Superacetate of lead {sugar of lead) 10 grains 



Spermax^eti ointment 1 ounce. — Mix. 



After the scrotum has been deprived of its more irritable 

 state, proceed as directed under mange. 



Setons. • 



Setons are artificial drains to the constitution, either to 

 lower it generally, or to draw a deposit or a secretion of 

 matter from one part to another. Country farriers and 

 grooms make setons by piercing the skin through with a red 

 hot iron ; but this is barbarous, unattended with any superior 

 advantage, and leaves a large scar. The proper mode of 

 performing the operation is by means of a seton needle, 

 which is a well-known instrument, not unlike a packing 



