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coagulate and assume the consistenc}' of jelly and is lighter in color 

 than common pus. 



TREATMENT 



Never probe an open joint, as you only make infection more 

 liable. Wash the parts thoroughly clean with soap and warm water 

 and when dry apply Elk's Dessicant over the entire surface once 

 daily for three days, or until the opening has swollen shut, which 

 may happen after twenty-four hours, then give the patient, if an 

 adult horse or cow, a large teaspoonful of Sanguitone to resist infec- 

 tion through the circulation. In smaller animals give smaller doses 

 according to age and size. 



As an additional precaution to the above we often give a hypo- 

 dermic injection of mixed bacterins. This treatment has proved a 

 wonderful success in the extensive practice of the writer. 



