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Treatment where Inflammation arises. 



the part be gently seared with a hot iron till the 

 blood is stopped, then cover the part with pow- 

 dered resin, and touch it with the hot iron till it 

 dissolves, and runs all over the end of the 

 stump. 



This is all that is requisite in docking a horse : 

 sometimes, however, it happens, among heavy 

 waggon, or coach horses, when docked too near 

 the rump, that an inflammation and gangrene may 

 succeed, especially if the tail be fleshy. In this 

 case no time must be lost ; foment the part, there- 

 fore, two or three times a day with (No. 123, 

 p. 184), then rub all over the same the blistering 

 oils (No. 124, p. 184), and let this be done till 

 the inflammation abates. His body must be 

 treated in the same manner as for inflammatory 

 fever.* These rules must be persevered in until 

 his appetite returns, and the feverish symptoms 

 entirely disappear. 



* Sec Chap. XVI. p. 87 and foK 



