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should receive an inunction of warm campiiorated 

 oil or have calaplasma kaolini applied. 



Moist heat in the form of Priessnitz compresses* 

 often gives great relief by lessening the tension of 

 the parts, and in cases where abscess formation is 

 taking place it hastens the formation of the pus. 

 Abscesses should be evacuated, drainage established, 

 and the wound treated antiseptically. The diet must 

 be of a liquid nature, such as beef tea, milk, and 

 soft mushes. 



Foreign Bodies in the Esophagus, and Choking 



Choking is caused by the lodgment in the throat 

 or esophagus of some foreign body, and is usually 

 the result of greediness in feeding. The most com- 

 mon foreign bodies are bones, gristle, needles, and 

 pieces of wood. ' 



Symptoms. — The patient is greatly distressed, 



efforts at deglutition are greatly increased, and 



there is a return of food and drink through the 

 nostrils. 



Treatment. — Sometimes the offending article may 

 be forced back into the mouth by manipulation of 

 the exterior parts, and in" some cases extraction with 

 -throat forceps is easy; but in cases where neither 

 of these methods is successful the probang must be 



*Desoribing- the Priessnitz bandage or compress and its use, 



*.v, "T^^ object of the compress or bandage is to maintain a con- 

 tinual heat either dry or moist, to certain parts of the animal's 

 body. We flrst apply to the part affected a piece of absorbent 

 cotton, thick wool, or dry felt; or if moisture is required It is 

 soaked m warm water or a medicated solution and wrung- out to 

 rennove the excess of fluid; this is then held in position by a cov- 

 ering of some light material— a wide bandage of cheese-cloth is the 

 best-^next a layer of oiled silk or rubber cloth (the object of 

 this IS to retain the heat and in case of a wet compress, the 

 moisture) and finally over this is placed a compress or bandage of 

 tlannel. Th'a last is to present loss of heat bv radiation Some- 

 times the inner layer cf cheese-clcth is omitted, or it may be put 

 en the outside of all. ^ 



"The above procedure may seem to the hurried practitioner a 

 rather long and unnecessary method, but after one has tried it 

 and found the great advantages it has in the retention of heat 

 especially m diseases of luns;s, in hasten'n? the maturing of aii 

 abscess, or m the lessening of a tumefaction bv the constant and 

 direct application of heat and moisture he wiU realiz? its bwefits " 



