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the blood. Qdematous erysipelas is the most common form, and 

 generally follows wounds of the extremities in debilitated horses. 



Symptoms. — About four days after an injury, the skin in the 

 immediate neighborhood of the wound is found swollen, smooth, 

 hot, shiny, tender, and painful. The swollen surface pits on 

 pressure, as a rule. The pulse becomes quick, rigors are present, 

 and the animal is fevered. 



Phlegmonous erysipelas is much more violent than the ode- 

 matous, and produces a great amount of constitutional disturb- 

 ance, partaking of a typhoid character. It manifests itself in 

 tw^enty-four hours after the reception of the wound, by swelling, 

 the pulse running seventy to eighty beats to the minute. This 

 disease causes gangrene and sloughing of the tissues. The bow- 

 els are constipated, the urine scanty and highly colored. Occa- 

 sionally the inflammation extends into the articulation nearest 

 the injury, and the case becomes complicated with open joint. 



Treatment. — Open the bowels with eight drachms of aloes. 

 The swollen parts are to be frequently fomented, bandaged, and 

 dressed with the zinc and lead lotion. The tincture of the ter- 

 chloride of iron, in two-drachm doses, should be administered 

 after the purgative has acted. 



In the phlegmonous form, the treatment is similar, except 

 that the tincture of aconite, in twenty-drop doses, should be ad- 

 ministered to allay the fever. 



Locally, zinc sulphate, drachms six; lead acetate, one ounce, 

 in a quart of water, may be used. The parts are to be fomented 

 with warm water and smeared with the extract of belladonna. 

 If abscesses form, they must l)e opened. 



MODES OF HEALING. 



Wounds heal in various ways, and the mode of healing de- 

 pends upon certain conditions, such as the character of the 

 wound, the state of the patient's health, and the manner of treat- 

 ment. 



