CHAP. II.] BANDAGE FOR POLL-EVIL. 



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having a small quantity of sweet oil, hog's lard, or 

 oil of turpentine mixed therewith. Fix it on by 

 means of a contrivance that is sufficiently explained 

 by the annexed cut, in which it will be seen that 

 the girth is to have a iveb breasting, to which the 

 lateral corners of the cloth are to be attached by 

 broad tapes, as was explained in other similar cases 

 at pages 226 and 316. 



The bandage is represented rather longer than 

 requisite, under the presumption that it may occa- 

 sionally be applied to other affections, farther back ; 

 a prolongation of the bandage may be affixed at 

 either end, plain or plaited, according to the amount 

 of the swelling, as is evident would be required at 

 the poll itself. 



When the symptoms above stated inform our 

 senses that the matter ought to be so " let out," an 

 opening is to be made the whole length of the 



