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or open joints wherever situated. After the hot iron 

 has been applied, use the following wash twice in the 

 day : — Sulphate of zinc, half an ounce, rain, or soft wa- 

 ter, eight ounces. Mix. This will heal the sore, and 

 prevent proud flesh from growing. This wash will an- 

 swer for the more simple wound of the knee, and where 

 there is no open joint. Do not apply bandages, as they 

 will cause the whole leg to inflame and swell. Some- 

 times a kind of pouch will be formed by the lower edge 

 of the wound, holding whatever pus or other fluid may 

 escape. This pouch should be opened at its lowest bot- 

 tom, so as to let the fluids out, and to prevent a bulge or 

 permanent swelling remaining after the knee has other- 

 wise healed. By attention to this, very little or no ble- 

 mish or scar will be left to tell the tale of a stumbling 

 horse, or a bad horseman. 



Bruises of the Sole.— (See Foot Diseases.) 



Burns and Scalds.— Injuries inflicted upon some 

 parts of the body by the application of solid heat, is 

 called burns ; by fluid heat, scalds. 



Treatment. — In horses the treatment is chiefly local ; 

 for in cases of fire in large cities, the generation of steam 

 is sometimes so great, that it is inhaled by animals in 

 the burning building: this is termed scalding. Not 

 much can be done, nor is there much hope of a cure in 

 cases of this kind. The utmost that can be done is to 

 give plenty of cold water to' drink, and keep down pain 

 by means of aconite, (which see.) 



For burns the best application will be, one pint of lin- 

 seed oil, and half a pint of lime water, stirred together, 

 or rather whipped (as the cook does with eggs,) till the 

 mixture is like thick cream. This is to be applied to 



