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the body fasten on the part a pad kept wet in calendula-lotion. If the 
bowel has been torn, the surgeon will sew it up before replacing it.. Give 
aconite and arnica ‘alternately, ten drops every two hours. Keep the 
horse quiet. Give soft food, and that sparingly. 
SPRAINS. 
A sprain is an over-stretching of muscles, ligaments or tendons, and 
may arise from either of various causes. It affects any part that is subject 
to such undue tension. 
Symptoms.—Pain on pressure, or motion; redness; swelling; heat; 
fever of the affected member, and sometimes of the general system. Since a 
sprain will impair or destroy the use of the parts, the muscles about such 
parts will waste more or less, such a condition being known by the gen- 
eral term “sweeny,” though it is popularly applied quite exclusively to 
such a condition about the shoulders. This specific form of sweeny will be 
considered further on. d 
GENERAL TREATMENT OF SPRAINS.—For fever, when it exists, 
give aconite several times a day. Arnica is needed when the sprain js in 
the muscles; and rhus if it is in the tendons or ligaments. Apply fomenta- 
tions, or bandages kept wet in water (hot in winter and cold in summer), 
or in a lotion of arnica or rhus. Lint wet in equal parts of glycerine, al- 
cohol and water, and covered with oil-silk and a bandage, is an excellent 
dressing. Poultices will be found beneficial in some cases. Simple rest 
may be sufficient in some sprains, and is always essential. When the inflam- 
mation has been reduced by any of the means which have been mentioned, 
a lotion of one part of rhus to eight of water may be well rubbed in night 
and morning, and a moderately tight bandage be applied. An excellent 
liniment is made on the following formula: 
Soap liniment, 4 ounces. 
Camphor, IZ ounce. 
Liquor ammonia, I ounce. 
Mix. 
Rub on a spoonful once a day, for two or three days perhaps, but dis- 
continue it as scon as a mild blister is produced. Keep the horse’s head 
tied up forty-eight hours, and repeat the application in ten days if necessary. 
SWEENY. 
We apply this term, in its popular sense, to a sprain of the muscles 
which fill the back cavity on the outer_side of the shoulder-blade. and 
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