POWDERED ANTISEPTICS 



Powdered antisepties are valuable for dusting on the 

 surfaces of wounds and sores. An excellent antiseptic powder 

 is iodoform. Another fine antiseptic powder is acetánalid, 

 bnt it should be finely ground in a mortar. 



All antisepties shonld be carefully prepared and labelled, 

 giving the kind of solntion and strength, and kept in a safe 

 place. 



HEMORRHAGE 



The first thing to be done in the treatment of wounds is 

 to stop an excessive flow of blood. Blood is the vital fluid of 

 the body and the loss of much blood weakens the animal and 

 consequen tly retards the healing process. 



It is a common practice among the people to bleed 

 doinestic animáis wheu they are suíFering from various 

 diseases or conditions, but this should not be done. Bleeding 

 is an obsolete practice and is no more employed in vete- 

 rinary medicine than it is in human medicine. In practically 

 all cases it does harm rather than good. It debilitates the 

 animal, weakens its power to resist disease and increases its 

 sufferings. Bleeding should not be performed except in rare 

 cases aud then only by an intelligent and skilled veterinarian. 



In the case of wounds when an artery is severed, the 

 blood escapes with considerable forcé and is bright red in 

 color. If a vein is severed the blood escapes from the wound 

 without forcé and is dark red in color. When an artery is 

 cut measures to check the flow of blood should be applied to 

 the wound, or on the side of the wound toward the heart of 

 the animal. If a vein is cut the measures should be applied to 

 the wound or to the side away from the heart. For ordinary 

 wounds it is usually sufEcient to place a quantity efelean 

 absorbent cotton over the wound and bind it on tightly with 

 a bandage, leaving it several hours. There is a natural 

 tendeney for the cut blood vessels to contract, and the blood 



