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Elliman's when the skin is not broken, but when the skin is 

 broken, after the fomentation the Embrocation should be dabbed 

 on with a piece of clean sponge. 



BROKEN KNEES. 



The skin of the knee is seldom broken by any other means 

 than by a fall. The small bones are occasionally broken and 

 the knee breaks open at the back. A more frequent difficulty 

 is the rupture of the casing (capsular ligament) which encloses 

 the joint oil, this may occur at the time of the fall or 

 subsequently, when the swelling bursts some portion of it 

 rendered weak. The open wound is in a condition to invite 

 the invasion of injurious organisms (bacteria). Attention is 

 particularly invited to the above explanation in order that 

 the reader may understand the scientific reason for using 

 Elliman's. 



Treatment. — It is essential that the wound should be cleared 

 of grit or other foreign matter. At this stage germs are too 

 often introduced by using ditch or other dirty water. An 

 efficient disinfectant should be employed, for this purpose some 

 Elliman's may be mixed, in the proportion of a wine glass to a 

 quart of water. The knee should be bent while bathing it, as 

 grit is thus best dislodged. Poultices were much used formerly, 

 but the most advanced veterinary surgeons are in favour of 

 antiseptic treatment throughout, depending on Elliman's to draw 

 out the inflammation by repeated applications on or around the 

 part. Any swelling that follows will then be under the skin, and 

 act as a support to the capsular ligament, and diminish the 

 chances of rupture and escape of joint oil. There is, too, a 

 scientific reason for applying the Elliman's to the wound itself ; 

 not in the undiluted state, but added to five or six times its 

 volume of soft water. Elliman's has been proved to be a 

 germicide or destroyer of injurious organisms. 



When the skin is not cut, but bruised, the hair shaved 



