CHAP. III.] BANDAGE FOR STRANGLES. 



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The suppuration may be further promoted by 

 steaming the head over warm water, or fumigating 

 it with bran mashes frequently, placing the vessel 

 that contains this, well secured, in another vessel 

 larger than the first, into which much hotter water 

 can be introduced, so that the vapour may rise up 

 all round the mash, and consequently envelop the 

 head. When the tumour is ascertained to be ripe, 

 and not before, an opening is to be made at its 

 most depending part, and the matter expressed 

 gently ; wash it off clean with warm water, and if 

 the sore appear healthy, it will heal spontaneously, 

 or with the application of a plaster of digestive 

 ointment. 



