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Treatment. — Cut into the swelling at the bottom part and 
allow the water to discharge. Make a hole large enough in 
which to insert the finger. After opening, bathe well with 
lukewarm water twice a day; wipe dry, and apply the white 
liniment around the swelling. In addition to this, dress the 
inside of the swelling, to cause it to heal from the inside, with 
compound tincture of benzoin or Friar's balsam. Green salve 
may be used instead of the benzoin to put into the wound. 
Insert it into the hole with a feather. 
9. Tumors or Lumps on the Shoulder. 
Causes. — The improper treatment of a bruise upon the 
shoulder renders it liable to form a hard callous lump. 
Treatment. — The best treatment is to dissect the lump 
out with a sharp knife, sew up the wound with a needle and 
twine, and treat as an ordinary lacerated wound. There is 
little danger in cutting around the shoulder, for there are no 
large vessels where these lumps are generally found. 
10. Shoulder Joint Lameness. 
Fig. 49. — An Indication of Shoulder Joint Lameness. 
This is a very bad lameness, and the seat of the trouble 
is generally situated where the large muscle of the shoulder 
passes down through the pulley-shaped part of the bones on 
the front of the shoulder joint. 
Causes. — A strain of the joint because of being cast ♦ 
the stall, plunging through deep snow, falling on the shr 
