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276&#93; 276] U L C cienl in rheumatisms and local palsies. VIVES, in farriery, a disorder affefting horses, and which differs from the strangles only in this re- speA, that the tumors in the for- mer do not suppurate ; and may therefore be dispersed by covering the diseased animal with blankets ; by rubbing the tumefied part with the ointment of marsh-mallow ; by moderate blood-letting, when a plethoric habit requires it ; and giving one or two gentle purgatives (see vol. ii. p. 489). B"t» '^ ^^^^^ remedies fail to remove the inflam- mation, it will be necessary to pro- mote a suppuration, and to adopt the treatment stated in the article Strakgles. Vives appearing in old horses, indicate an internal decay, which no medicines can remove ; or are symptomatic of the Glanders : in the latter case, the animals must be treated in the manner pointed out vol. ii. pp. 372-73. ULCER, is an ichorous or puru- lent solution of soft parts. This afFedion may arise from a variety of causes, such as cancer, scro- pbula, scurvy, &:c. but, as a dis- cussion of these would exceed our limits, we shall only give an out- line of the general treatment. In order to effe£t a re union of the diseased part, recourse should be had to such applications as will cleanse the wound ; for which pur- pose, emollient poultices are emi- nently serviceable. If the edges become foul and hard, it will be advisable to apply tlie caustic (see vol. i. p. 470) J an expedient re- quiring great precaution, but which is far preferable to the knife. To soften the wound, or to in- duce a discbarge of good matter, the yellow Basilicon ointment, ULC cither alone, or with the addition of turjxintine, or red precipitate, will generally prove efficacious. — • Where excoriations appear around the ulcer, they should be anointed with spermaceti, or any other cool- ing ointment. Sometimes they are of so indolent a nature, as to heal very slowly : in such instances, they may be washed with lime- water, or dressed with a pledget dipped in tin6ture of myrrh. If the patient be afflifted with consi- derable pain, inflammation, or fe- ver, blood-letting, and a cooling regimen, together with rest, will, in most cases, procure the desired relief. Inveterate ulcers ought ne- ver to be healed precipitately ; for such praftice may be attended with asthma, and other disorders : a li- beral use of the bark will, in gene- ral, be produftive of benefit, in ob- stinate ulcerations. A new and ingenious method of treating old ulcers of the legs, has lately been recommended by Mr. Baynton, of Bristol ; and which has since been successfully adopted by many respeftable surgeons. It consists in carefully drawing the skin that surrounds the ulcer, to- wards its centre ; and which is gra- dually ctfcftcd at each dressing, by the aid of slips of adhesive plaster (for instance, that of diachylon, or litharge), spread on smooth hnea cloth. These slips must be made 2 inches broad, and of such a length that, after passing round the limb, from 4 to 5 inches may re- main : the middle of this piece is to be 'applied to the sound side of the limb, opposite to the inferior part of the ulcer, about one inch below the lower edge of the sore, and the ends are drawn over the ulcer with as much gradual exten- sion as the patient can bear. Other strips