. WOUND DILATER AND KNIFE. Occasionally syringe or squirt cold water into the sore, and swab it out again, till completely dry. Then apply the following, once in a day, with a swab : Creosote, one ounce; oil of olives, two ounces; oil of turpentine, one ounce; mix. In applying the mixture do not use the swab too freely, as it may break down the granulations or the healing processes that are springing up to fill the hole or cavity, and thereby prevent a perfect cure. When poll-evil is the result of diseased bone, and par- takes of a fistulous character, it will not be so easily healed or cured;

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. WOUND DILATER AND KNIFE. Occasionally syringe or squirt cold water into the sore, and swab it out again, till completely dry. Then apply the following, once in a day, with a swab : Creosote, one ounce; oil of olives, two ounces; oil of turpentine, one ounce; mix. In applying the mixture do not use the swab too freely, as it may break down the granulations or the healing processes that are springing up to fill the hole or cavity, and thereby prevent a perfect cure. When poll-evil is the result of diseased bone, and par- takes of a fistulous character, it will not be so easily healed or cured; for the underlaying bone being carious, and becoming necrosed, before exfoliation or separation of the dead bone takes place the horse may be dead—the process taking years to perfect itself. And when it is cured, there is usually a stiff neck remaining ever after. Ten drops of sulphuric acid poured in the fistulous opening of the 12

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