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In treating all ulcers, there is one point that must be kept 

 in mind, and that is to make an opening at the bottom if 

 you can, to let the matter run out, as matter always bur- 

 rows to the bottom. This should be done by running a 

 seaton through, bringing it out a little lower than the bot- 

 tom of the wound, or what is termed a dependent opening. 

 Wash the sore out clean. It is afterwards to be washed 

 clearly with any of the healing preparations for ulcers, given 

 in another page. 



If pipes are formed requiring caustic medicine, you can 

 use either chloride of zinc, corrosive sublimate, or any 

 strong escorotic to destroy such growth, after which treat as 

 before. These are very serious difficulties to treat, requir- 

 ing proper dressing daily. 



Fistula of withers to be treated in the same manner. The 

 principle of treating these difficulties is really the same as 

 that of any ordinary deep seated ulcer, more special direc- 

 tions for the treatment of which will be found under that 

 head. 



SWEENY. 



Sweeny is really a fictitious disease, discarded by all relia- 

 ble practitioners. They claim, and how justly I am not 

 prepared to say, sweeny is the effect of diseases of the feet, 

 such as corns, navicular diseases, ossification of the lateral 

 cartilage, contraction, etc., producing atrophy of the mus- 

 cles of the shoulder, and their treatment would be to 

 remove the cause, and the effect would cease. If you wish 

 to pursue a local treatment of sweeny or filling up of the 

 shoulder, you can do it by the application of most any 

 stimulating treatment. One of the simplest and best, which 

 will work in every case, and which most horsemen will 

 regard as of more value than the price of this book, is the 

 application of soft soap. Add a little salt to soft soap and 

 rub on the part thoroughly four or five times in the course 

 of a week. Four applications will fill up the depression of 

 the worst case. The regular treatment would be seatoning 

 and blistering, but this will do all that is required so far as 

 local treatment. 



In addition, by all means, if any difficulty is discovered 

 :n the foot, treat it also, as explained in another chapter. 



