The farmers' medical dictionary for the diseases of animals / By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq. F.R.S.
- Cuthbert Johnson
- Date:
- 1845
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The farmers' medical dictionary for the diseases of animals / By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq. F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ABSORBENTS. slow, and the natural process is both tedious and painful. It is, therefore, better both for the animal and his owners, to have an artificial outlet made for the matter as soon as the abscess is brought to a head, either naturally, or by the application of a bran j)oultice. Little more is necessary than to keep the j)art clean ; trim the hair from the edges of the orifice, and inject into the wound a little tincture of myrrli and aloes. Let no pretender stuff tlie cavity with a candle, or tent of tow, or rowels, or any thing else. All these interfere with nature’s operations, prevent the esca])e of the matter, produce fistula, and other evils, often far more sei’ious than the original abscess. If the cavity do not fill up so readily as might be expected, allow the animal a little more nourishing food than that recommended for invalids ; and inject once, or even twice a-day, a little of the follow ing mild caustic wash,—half-ounce of blue stone, dissolved in half-pint of water.—Farmers’ En- cyclopaedia. ABSORBENTS. In veterinary medicine, those drugs are termed absorbents that are given internally for the pur])ose of neutralising any acid formed in the stomach and bowels, in consequence of im])aircd digestion. Prepared chalk is generally used for this purpose. Those medicines arc likewise tenned absorbents which are applied externallj’^ for absorbing moisture. Armenian bole, calamine, flour, 8cc., are em- ])loycd in this way. They arc sometimes dusted ])etwecn folds of the skin when galled, and raw from friction, blisters, or grease. They arc](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28742278_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
