Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-09
WOUNDS 1|||RsEs
Assesses CIassed Lutte and
Cold or CT
SORES After INF NATION
Rpening Process Should BE Hurried
by Frequent Hot Expectations
and PouItices-Trea9ng Gam
creme and uIcer3tiens.


Hrom the United States Department OF
Agricultureb
Assesses consist OIL denominations
Of pus within circumscSibed walls, at
different parts of the body, and may
be classed as acute apd<Qld or chronic
assesses.
When an abscess occurs about a
hair follicle 1t is called boil or fur
uncle; when several hair follicles are
involved, resulting In the formation of
more than one exit for the inflamma-
tory products, 1t is called a carbuncle.
Acute Assesses.
Acute assesses folloy as the result
of local Inflammation In glands, mus
cular tissue, or even bones. They are
very common in the two former. The
assesses most commonly met with in
the horse (and the ones which will be
here described) are those of the sail
vary glands, occurring during the ex-
istence of "strangles," or "colt distem-
per-" The glands behind or under
the jaw are seen to increase in size.
becoming firm. hard, hot and painful.
At first the swelling is uniformly
hard and resisting over it's entire sur
face. but in little while becomes soft
(fiuctuating) at some portion, mostly
in the center. From this time on the
abscess is said to be pointing" or
coming to head" which is shown by
small elevation or projecting prOmi-
hence which at first is dry, but soon
becomes moist with transuded serum.
fall off, and in short time the abscess
opens, the contents escape. and the
cavity may gradually fill up-healing
by granulatiOns.
Assesses in muscular tissue are
usually the result of bruises or in
jurieS. In all cases i'm which assesses
are forming the ripening process
should be hurried by frequent hot To-
mentations and pOultices. When they
are very tardy In their development a
blister over their surface is advisable.
1t is common rule with surgeons to
open an abscess as soon as pus can
be plainly felt. but this practice can
scarcely be recommended indiscrim-
inately to owners of stock. since this
little operation frequently requires an
extra knowledge of anatomy. 1t will
usually be found the better plan to en-
courage the full ripening of an abscess
and allow it to open Of itself. This is
If the abscess is in the re-
giOn of joints, etc. When open. do not
squeeze the walls of the abscess to
any extent. They may be very gently
with the fingers at first to re-
move the clOts-thickehed pus-but
after this the Orifice Is simply to be
kept open by the introduction of a
clean probe, should 1t be disposed to
heal too soon. If the opening is at too
high a level another should be made
into the lowest portion Of the abscess
so as to permit the most complete
drainage. Hot lamentations or poul-
tees are sometimes required for a day
or two after an abscess has opened,
uhu uic uItiCuidTiy IuulCdteu when
the base Of the abscess is hard.
The cavity should be thoroughly
washed with stimulating antiseptic So
lutions. such as 3 per cent solu-
ton Of carbOlic acid. per cent So
luton of compound cresOl, / to
1000 bichloride Of mercury. or l per
cent permanganate Of potash solution.
Cold Assesses.
Cold abscess is the term applied to
those large, indolent swellings that are
the result of low or chronic form of
in the center of which
there is small collection of pus. They
are often seen near the point of the
shoulder, forming the so-called breast
boil. The swelling is diffuse and of
enormous extent. but slightly hotter
than surrounding parts. and not very
painful upon pressure. A pronounced
stiffness, rather than pain, is evinced
upon moving the animal Such alb
scesses have the appearance of a hard
tumor, surrounded by a softer SWELL
ng, involving the tissues to the extent
Of a foot or more i'm all directions
from the tumor. This diffused SWELL