QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 209 



tampons, which are held in place by heavy tape sutures for 24 hours 

 and then removed. 



Define (a) abscess, (b) cold abscess. Give treatment for each. 



(a) A localized collection of pus in a cavity formed by the dis- 

 integration of tissues. Treatment: incision and antiseptic irri- 

 gation. 



(b) An abscess of slow development, with little evidence of 

 inflammation. Often have a thick, fibrous, connective-tissue capsule. 

 Treatment : Extirpate the capsule, irrigate with antiseptic solution, 

 suture and drain. 



Define (a) septicaemia, (b) pyaemia, (c) phlegmon. 



(a) A septic intoxication caused by the presence of bacteria and 

 their toxic products in the blood. 



(b) A general wound infection disease characterized by the 

 presence of pyogenic germs in the blood and the formation of sup- 

 purative foci of disease in the body. (A septicaemia plus metastatic 

 abscess formation.) 



(c) An infectious, serous or suppurative inflammation of the 

 connective tissue and all its parts, viz., the subcutaneous, subfascial, 

 intermuscular, periosteal, tendovaginal and interglandular connec- 

 tive tissue. 



What precautions should be taken in case an animal has been bitten 

 by a rabid animal? 

 Cauterize the wounds ; excise the wounded tissue if possible, and 

 use strong disinfectant. (Pasteur treatment and quarantine.) 



Inflammation 

 Define inflammation. 



Inflammation is tissue reaction to injury, characterized by pain, 

 heat, redness and swelling; and, histologically, by hypersemia, blood 

 stasis, changes in the blood- and vessel-walls, and exudation. 



Name the four cardinal symptoms of inflammation. 



1. dolor (pain) ; 2, calor (heat) ; 3, rubror (redness) ; 4, tumor 

 (swelling). 



Give the causes, symptoms and treatment of inflammation. 



Causes : Mechanical, thermic and chemical irritants, and micro- 

 organisms. 



Symptoms: Heat, redness, swelling, tenderness and disturbed 

 function. 

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