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FALSE VIVES. 



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sible to remove the vires by those means or any 

 other ; matter is formed, the tension and inflam- 

 mation continue upon the increase, and plainly 

 indicate that suppuration must ensue, and all our 

 labour is rendered vain, if it ought ever to have 

 been so employed at all. In this event, apply a meal 

 poultice, restore the animal to his ordinary diet, and 

 promote suppuration, which effects the cure in the 

 *ame manner as in all other cases of abscess men- 

 tioned before. Pages 292 to 300, 315, &c. 



False vires, or imperfect ones, that are hard and 

 insensible, sometimes cause a good deal of needless 

 trouble. They neither come forward nor recede, 

 do not seem to cause any particular pain, but still 

 continue an eye-sore, give reason to apprehend 

 disagreeable consequences, and always prevent an 

 advantageous sale of the animal. Stimulating em- 

 brocations are well calculated for reducing these 

 hard tumours, and the blistering liniment, made of 

 cantharides and oil, never fails. 



