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abscess, and injected into the blood of a healthy animal, 

 carbuncles containing pus will soon manifest themselves. 

 Treatment. — Incurable ; but when one of these tumors 

 breaks, treat it as an ordinary abscess, (which see.) 



Canine Rabies. — (See Hydrophobia.) 



Capped Elbow. — This is an enlargement on the 

 point of the elbow, just behind the shoulder, and on 

 the side of the chest: sometimes it is in the form of a 

 simple abscess, (which see.) But the usual form is that 

 of an encysted tumor, or a fluid contained within a cyst 

 of fleshy walls, which do not suppurate. 



Cause. — The horse, when lying, rests the point of the 

 elbow upon the heels of his front shoe. It is a symptom 

 of disease of the leg, preventing the animal from properly 

 flexing or bending the leg proper upon its thigh or arm. 

 Hence, the elbow rests upon the foot. 



Prevention. — Remove whatever disease may be in the 

 leg, and place a pad of leather, or of coarse, heavy cloth, 

 over the back part of the foot. Pads are made by Lacey 

 & Phillips, Harness makers, Phila. 



Treatment. — Make an incision with a sharp knife 

 through the skin, over the centre of the swelling, and 

 carefully dissect the cyst from its attachments. This 

 can be done with the fingers and a blunt piece of wood, 

 flattened at its point like a butter knife, and no sharper. 

 If the operator be timid, and think he cannot cut the cyst 

 out, open it, and let out the matter, and inject, once per 

 day, a little tincture of iodine, to kill the walls of the cyst, 

 so that it will not fill again. (See Medicines.) A knife 

 is only wanted to cut the skin. After the tumor is taken 

 out, treat the part as a simple wound, by keeping it clean, 

 and applying a solution of zinc, or blue stone. 



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