EMBKOCATIONS. 1047 



bladed scalpel, or the common pricking knife. The tail is raised 

 with the left hand, while with the right the center of the bone is 

 felt for, and the knife is passed in (with its flat surface next the 

 skin) to the opposite side, when the cutting edge is turned toward 

 the bone, and the muscles carefully divided. When simply to 

 straighten a wry tail, if the faulty tendons are discovered and 

 divided, one incision may be sufficient; but in "setting up " a tail, 



FIG. 893. The French method of keeping the tail elevated. 



two, and sometimes three, are required. The muscles having been 

 thoroughly divided, the tail is supported by means of the double 

 pulley over the back part of the stall; the cord attached to the 

 end of the tail is passed through the wheels of the pulley, and suf- 

 ficient weight attached to keep the tail elevated, to prevent read- 

 hesion of the divided muscles. He should be taken out of the pul- 

 leys twice a day and gently exercised; but the pulleys must be 

 continued until the parts have thoroughly healed, and he carries 

 the tail in the manner desired. 



EMBROCATIONS 



Are external applications in a liquid form, that are rubbed on a 

 diseased part, as in strains and indolent swellings, and as an aux- 

 iliary in the treatment of internal inflammation. They are of a 

 stimulating nature, and are greatly assisted by friction. Of this 

 kind are opodeldoc, soap liniment, etc. 



BMBROCATONS FOB HAKI), INDOLENT TT7MOES. 



No. 1. 4 ounces olive-oil, 



4 drachma camphor. Mix, 



