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Goulard's extract, - - Two ounces. 



Laudanum, _ _ _ Two ounces. 



Water, _ _ _ Two quarts. 



After carefully removing the poultice, a good linen band- 

 age must next be put on ; this may be moistened occasionally 

 with the wash, and not removed for two or three days at a 

 time. 



Poulticing encourages the growth of healthy granulations, 

 which speedily closes up the wound. If, however, these 

 granulations should become exuberant, or proud flesh ap- 

 pear to pass out beyond the surface, a good broad tight 

 bandage will repress their growth ; if not, touch them lightly 

 with some caustic, or with the careful use of a hot sinooth 

 iron. 



In no state of the part is the use of hot oils, ointments, or 

 blistering justifiable. So much for the Local Treatment. 



Constitutional Treatment. — Wounds of this kind are 

 always accompanied by traumatic fever, which is one of the 

 ill consequences to be guarded against. Horses die (in these 

 cases) not exactly from the injury itself, but from the fever. 

 This is heightened by the nervous and irritable constitution 

 of horses, more than cattle or other animals. In this condi- 

 tion the fever increases thirst, and to relieve the fever two 

 ounces of saltpetre may be given in a pail of water. 



BONE-SPAVIN 



Is a bony enlargement on the antero-internal part of the 

 hock, usually between the shank-bone and the cuneiform 

 medium, and occasionally between the two cuneiform bones. 

 Severe work, especially in young growing animals, with bad- 

 ly-formed upright hocks, occasions inflammation of the 

 periosteum, extending soon to the bone itself, and causing 

 the deposition of osseous matter. 



