62 PEINCIPLES OP VETERINARY SURGERY 



occurs gradually takes place. Healing, after the slough has 

 separated, takes place by granulations. 



The Treatment of Inflammation. 



Sow do you treat inflammation f 

 Locally and constitutionally. 

 Describe the local treatment of inflammation. 



1. Remove the cause. This is the most important feature. 

 Foreign bodies must be removed, an ill-fitting bit corrected, 

 any undue pressure from the harness or shoe corrected, etc. 



2. Give rest to the inflamed part. This in itself often, 

 suffices to produce a cure. Thus the inflamed eye must bft 

 protected against light, a distorted joint kept at rest, tha 

 foundered hoof kept quiet, etc. 



3. All wounds must be disinfected to prevent septie 

 inflammations or inhibit their spreading. 



4. The inflammatory process itself must be acted upon to 

 limit itself in extent and intensity, etc., looking toward the 

 removal of the exudate and healing of the diseased statft 

 of the walls of the vessels in the inflamed territory. 



Describe the means employed for the modification or arrest of 

 inflammatory processes. 



(1) Cold, (3) heat, (3) compression, (4) drugs, (5) surgicai 

 interference. 



How does the action of cold influence the inflam,matory 

 processes 9 



It contracts the dilated blood vessels, restricts the exuda- 

 tive processes (emigration of the white blood cells, hemor-. , 

 rhage), abstracts the increased heat of the inflamed part, 

 depresses the functional activity of the sensitive nerves, thus 

 easing pain. 



