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Barred and White Plymouth Rocks. 



well known to barefooted boys. It is a hard swelling and usu- 

 ally comes on the ball of the foot ; if neglected it forms into an 

 abscess, and afterwards hardens down to a corn. It sometimes 

 begins like a wart or black spot, the swelling spreading around it, 

 and sometimes there is an enlargement of the toes, or between the 

 toes, to the size of an acorn, the under surface showing a yellow, 

 cheesy matter when opened. Bumble foot is usually caused by the 

 fowl jumping from a high perch upon a stone, cinder or hard lump; 

 continually walking on hard and uneven clayey soil, perching on 

 knotty or sharp pointed poles, slivers, or severe contusions against 

 some hard substance. 



Disease just beginning 

 to show. 



Disease far advanced. 



Showing cut made 

 with knift. 



Treatment. —Vfhtn first noticed, examine it carefully, and see in 

 what stage it has developed. If not too far ahead, paint it freely 

 with tincture of iron and arnica. This treatment will take the sore- 

 ness out, and either dispel the fluids of suppuration, or hasten its 

 ripeness. After suppuration takes place, make a cruciform cut 

 thus (X), with a lance or sharp knife into the core, and press out all 

 the pus and core; then syringe it well with one part carbolic acid, to 

 ten of water, for several days. If the core does not yield to this 

 treatment, apply lunar caustic or blue stone to it. Poultices of lin- 

 seed meal will hasten the healing and draw out the purulent matter. 

 When the edges of the cut begin to heal, apply a little vaseline 

 daily. In neglected cases, the swelling hardens down to a corn, 

 when little can be done for it, without injuring the sole of the foot. 

 When the swelling is between the toes, or on the shank, open at the 



