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great care being taken not to break them in under the skin, as they 

 very frequently cause a great deal of fever and pain, more particularly 

 when in the neighbourhood of a joint (par. 133). When the parts are 

 much swollen and painful, bandages that have been wrung out 

 of cold water should be applied when practicable, and kept 

 constantly wet till the pain and inflammation have abated, after 

 which dressing the parts with the zinc and lead lotion is all that 

 is required. 



674. Burns and Scalds may be very slight or very severe ; in 

 many cases they cause death, from the extremely exhausting nerve- 

 irritation or shock. The great point to be observed in the treatment 

 is to exclude all air from the affected surface with any suitable 

 medium which is at hand. For this purpose nothing is handier nor 

 better than a thick coating of treacle, over which a quantity of 

 cotton-wool, tow, or sheep's wool, should be placed, and secured with 

 bandages. If treacle is not available, a pailful of good thick clay 

 and water may be mixed and applied over the damaged surface with 

 a whitewash brush, repeating the application when necessary ; this, 

 when it has dried on, gives a great protection from the air. Any 

 febrile symptoms which may arise must be treated by means of 

 cooling and soothing medicines, but on no account must purgatives 

 be used. Should the bowels be irregular, small doses (say 5 

 to 8 ounces) of linseed oil, repeated every eight or ten hours, will be 

 found to be very serviceable. Food of a light and digestible nature 

 ought also to be given. When the fever and acute symptoms abate, 

 the raw surfaces of the wounds should be dressed with the zinc and 

 lead lotion (par. 1060, No. V.). Two very severe cases in the horse 

 have occurred in my practice, both of which seemed to go on well for 

 fifteen or twenty days, when unfavourable symptoms suddenly set in, 

 and the animals died. In both cases post-mortem examination 

 revealed ulceration of the stomach at the pyloric opening into the 

 intestines. 



