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Chloride of ammonium in powder, 



Nitrate of potassium in powder aa § iiss. 



Water 1 pint. 



As soon as dissolved, dip cloths iu the solution and apply to the in- 

 flamed part. 



Applications of hot water are sometimes sufficient to reduce the 

 swelling. 



Fig. 94. 



Capped hock. 



Serous capped hock may be treated after reduction of the inflam- 

 mation by blistering with biniodide of mercury, orbypyropuncture, which 

 is best performed with Professor Williams' instrument, Fig. 22; heat it to 

 redness only, and force the points through the skin and into the bursa, 

 but not to the bone. 



Synovial capped hock may have a seton run through it, and kept in 

 not longer than two weeks. 



The cyst sometimes becomes consolidated, either from the treatment 

 employed for its removal, or from some other cause. The repeated ap- 

 plication of iodine, or its combination with mercury, will often reduce it 

 very considerably. 



Iodine gr. v. 



Iodide of potassium 3 i. 



Water § vi. 



In some cases a strong application, such as one drachm of the biniodide of 

 mercury to the ounce of lard, will answer; in others a frequent applica- 

 tion of a milder preparation will do best. The following is recom- 

 mended: 



