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hotter than the hand can bear. The addition of a little carbolic 

 acid will secure at once some local anaesthesia and a measure of 

 antisepsis. In warm weather the substitution of cold water has 

 been resorted to with apparently good effect. If adopted it should 

 be frequently removed so as to keep up the constant action of cold 

 and moisture. These have been especially recommended in dogs 

 injured by a tight or ill-fitting collar. 



When suppuration appears imminent as .shown by the dense, 

 hard, circumscribed plegmon, stimulating embrocations may be 

 used to hasten its progress. Camphorated spirit is suitable for 

 carnivora and sheep. It may be combined with tincture of can- 

 tharides for horses. For cattle and swine, oil of turpentine may 

 be added, the three being used in equal proportions. A liniment 

 of ammonia and oil may be used more or less frequently and 

 energetically according to the relative thickness and insen,sibility 

 of the skin of the animal affected. 



When matter has formed and fluctuates, it .should be at once 

 evacuated and the cavity treated by antiseptic dressings. In this 

 way secondary abscesses, septic infections, molecular ulcerations 

 and other injurious .sequelae may be largely obviated. 



In case of threatened asphyxia the dernier resort of trache- 

 otomy is always available, and this often acts very favorably in 

 improving the aeration of the blood, in restoring the flagging 

 vital functions which depend on hsematosis, and in removing the 

 friction and irritation con.sequent on the passage of air through 

 the narrowed and tender pas.sages. 



