GENERAL, CONTAGIOUS, AND ENZOOTIC DISICASE8. 



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Warm clothing must be applied to the body, and bandages to the legs. 

 At intervals, if the legs get cold, the bandages should be removed, and 

 the parts rubbed with the hands, until ■warmth is restored. The patient 

 ■ should be placed in a cool well-ventilated box with abundance of air both 

 day and night. Cool fresh air in this, in common with all diseases in 

 which the respiratory passages are affected, is of the utmost importance. 



If the bowels are constipated and cannot be opened by laxative food, 

 it IS better to let them alone, rather than to give strong purgative medicine, 

 both for fear of checking the eruption and also on account of its tendency 



Fig. 133. 

 Bandage for tumor of strangles. 



to reduce the strength and perhaps bring on superpurgation. In the 

 early stage it is best to keep the enlarged gland warm with layers of dry 

 flannel. Fig. 132. If the tumor appears sluggish and slow to come to a 

 head, a blister will hasten the process, sometimes by several days. Use 



Powdered cantharides 5 i. 



Fresh lard § vi. 



Mix them together with gentle heat for three hours, stirring occasionally while 

 hot, filter through paper, and allow the clear liquid to cool. 



As soon as the tumor has headed, it should be freely opened with a 

 lance, in preference to allowing a natural opening to form, because the 

 opening may be made at the most favorable point, because incised wounds 

 heal more rapidly than irregular openings and are also less liable to leave 

 a blemish. 



