42 DISEASES OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



with a thick dressing of absorbent cotton and bandage. After three 

 days the absorbent cotton is removed, the gauze moistened with 

 picric acid solution and removed, and a fresh application of gauze 

 soaked in picric acid solution and absorbent cotton is made. This 

 latter dressing may be left for a week. The vesicles should be 

 pricked before the use of the above remedy. Among other agents 

 of value in burns are vaseline containing ten per cent, boric acid, 

 or carron oil containing i dram of phenol to the pint, spread on 

 sterile gauze. The boric vaseline is absolutely harmless, while the 

 carbolic acid, if licked off, might cause poisoning. 



Burns of the third degree are treated like any similar wounds. 

 To promote sloughing, wet dressing of saturated aqueous solutions 

 of boric acid may be continuously applied, being covered with some 

 waterproof protective, as oil silk, and kept in place by bandaging. 

 Dead tissue should be removed by the scissors or knife. Granula- 

 tions are stimulated by applications of equal parts of castor oil and 

 Peruvian balsam, and by stick lunar caustic. The severe burns are 

 so slow of recovery and so often result in contractures and deform- 

 ity, that the cost of treatment may be too great. 



Shock is marked in severe burns. Warmth, stimulation with 

 alcohol and strychnine, and the use of opium, are then indicated. 



In burns produced by the mineral acids, chalk or saleratus are 

 the antidotes ; while in those caused by the caustic alkalies, as lime, 

 vinegar may be applied. In burns of the eye the hourly instillation 

 of boric acid in camphor water (gr. x to §i), and the instillation 

 of albolene several times daily, while the patient is kept in the dark, 

 are remedial. 



Bursitis, Acute and Chronic (Hygroma or Hygrops) — Capped Hock, 

 Elbow and Knees— Poll Evil— Navicular Disease, etc. 



Bursitis is an inflammation of the serous or synovial sacs, or 

 bursae, lying beneath the skin or under tendons or ligaments at 

 exposed points. The acute form is commonly due to pressure, 



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