The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . se Avill be found to have assumed a most formidable aspect. (282) DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 283 The treatment of a case of this description is a matter of somedifficulty. The sinuses must be probed into and laid open totheir very base, and the whole dressed with a solution of thebichloride of mercury—mercury, four drachms; water, fourounces. The linings of the sinus will thus be destroyed and thewhole converted into a common wound. Where there is but onesinus, and that a deep one, a
The stock owner's adviser; the breeding, rearing, management, diseases and treatment of domestic animals . se Avill be found to have assumed a most formidable aspect. (282) DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 283 The treatment of a case of this description is a matter of somedifficulty. The sinuses must be probed into and laid open totheir very base, and the whole dressed with a solution of thebichloride of mercury—mercury, four drachms; water, fourounces. The linings of the sinus will thus be destroyed and thewhole converted into a common wound. Where there is but onesinus, and that a deep one, a seton may be inserted in the originalopening and brought out on the side of the poll. In some cases where neglected, the disease involves the syno-vial membrane of the occipito-atloidean articulation, causinganchylosis of the joint. In some cases it penetrates the capsulesof the cervical vertebrae, causing sudden death by pressure uponthe medulla spinatis. FISTULOUS WITHERS. Fistulous withers resembles poll evil in all particulars exceptits seat. It is caused by bruises from ill-fitting saddles. The. Fig. 75—Fistulous Withers. treatment is the same as for poll evil—namely, to make a depend-ing orifice for the drainage of the pus, and the sinuses laid open,or counter openings made by setons. XXI. DISEASES OF THE SKIN. ERYTHEMA. This consists of an inflammation of the outer layer of thedermis or skin^ produced by mild irritating agents, such as rubi-facents, or from inflammation depending upon constitutional dis-turbance. ^Vhen present, there is a redness of the skin, withheat, swelling, and irritation. The causes are cold and heatoperating alternately on the skin, friction, pressure, heredity,debility, plethora, and poverty. We have the acute and chronic forms. The chronicform is seen in long-standing crackedheels, CRACKED HEELS Is very commonamong race horses ofboth classes, and ismost frequently seenin the hind limbs. Itis produced in avariety of ways, aswashing the heel
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