1^0 THE FARM DOCTOR. 



until strong enougli to prevent it from bursting open. If o'' 

 older standing, a smart blister over and around the wound will 

 often close it. Should this fail, the edges must be made raw 

 by paring, and the wound firmly closed by carbolated catgut 

 or twisted suture. If the channel between the wound and the 

 mouth has become impervious, a new one must be made and 

 kept open by a thread passed through it and retained by being 

 fixed to a flat button outside and in, until the walls are no longer 

 raw and likely to adhere. Then tlie thread is to be withdrawn 

 and the external wound closed by stitching, blister or collodion. 



In all such cases the patient must be tied to both sides of the 

 stall, high up, so that he cannot possibly rub the wound, and 

 diet must be restricted absolutely to soft mashes and gruels. 



In obstinate cases a forcible injection into the duct of the 

 gland of a solution of 2 grs. lunar caustic in i oz. of alcohol, 

 will usually destroy its secreting power. 



INFLAAfMATION OF THE PAROTTH (IT. AND. 



This gland, situated behind the ear, is liable to inflammation 

 from mechanical injury and obstruction of its duct, as well as 

 in strangles and other specific diseases. 



Sympto7ns. — A hard but painful tumefaction beneath the ear, 

 with more or less soft doughy feeling at its margins, stifif 

 carriage of the head, slow difficult chewing, and more or less 

 general fever. 



Treatment. — First remove any obstruction in tlie duct or 

 mechanical cause of irritation, then purge (Glauber salts), wash 

 the mouth with weak solutions of vinegar or chlorate of potassa, 

 and cover the affected gland with a soft poultice, with a little 

 sugar of lead added. Feed soft cool mashes and sliced or 

 pulped roots only, and when the bowels have settled give 

 cooling diuretics (nitrate of potassa). If matter forms let it 

 approach the surface and point before opening, to avoid cutting 



