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S. E. PHILLIPS. 
As a preventive treatment, which I think is very essen¬ 
tial, especially during the months of July and August, there 
are many things to be considered. The harness should be 
made to fit, the subject should be shod to prevent interfering, 
the eyes protected from the annoyance of flies, fresh wounds 
should be treated antiseptically, after which some kind of oil 
should be added, or anything that is distasteful to flies; in 
fact, there is no medicine that equals preventive treatment, 
and there is nothing neglected so much. The saying is 
about correct, that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound 
of cure, at least in this particular disease. 
Animals affected should be placed in a dark stall away 
from flies, and to commence treatment it is almost impossible 
to accomplish anything without first using the knife, and that 
quite freely. I have tried picking these kunkers out with 
some sharp instrument and then scraping the floor with a 
knife and cauterizing it with caustic, and following up with 
antiseptic treatment, but generally speaking this mode of 
treatment is a comparative failure; it takes too long to effect 
a cure. All of these kunkers are not removed, and they con¬ 
tinue to grow. The result is, you can remove some every 
three or four days for perhaps several weeks. The better 
plan is to place a twitch on the animal and you are ready to 
operate on any part of the body. Inject a solution of cocaine 
in and around the ulcer, and with a sharp scalpel remove not 
only the ulcer, but also the dense fibrous tissue that surrounds 
them. There is at times a tendency, owing to the relation of 
some of these sores with joints, not to get deep enough. The 
object should be to remove all diseased tissue at the first 
operation. After this is accomplished, cauterize the entire 
sore with lunar caustic, or you may use the actual cautery, 
and dress it daily with an antiseptic lotion, and after each 
dressing apply some kind of oil that will keep flies away, and 
in this way the wound may be left uncovered. 
I prefer washing these sores twice daily with castile soap 
and warm water, following with the usual dressing. The 
antiseptic lotion we think works best in cupri sulphate, acid 
' carbolic, glycerine, aqua ad qs. We then use an oil called 
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