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To apply a bandage to an animal so that it will stay in 

 position and hold the parts together properly requires consi- 

 derable skill that can only beobtained by practice. Becareful 

 and not get the bandage too tight. 



Bandages should be removed every day at first to see 

 that pnsdoes not gather in the wound and be retained by the 

 bandaje. When the bandage is removed the wound should 

 be carefully washed with clean warm water; if there is any 

 pus, wet thoroughly with the antisepticsolution and re-apply 

 the cotton and bandage. If there is no pus in the wound 

 dust on more antiseptic and bandage as before. 



SEW1NG UP A WOUND 



Where it is not practical to cióse a wound by a bandage 

 it can frequently be closed by sewing it together. For this 

 purposeit is necessary tohave a surgeon's needle 

 which is a curved needle with cutting edges. 

 A needle of good form and size is shown in Fi- 

 gure 2. 



A poor substitute can be made by grinding 

 a darniug needle to a triangular form or a trian- 

 gular tobáceo needle can be used, but they are 

 very unsatisfactery as it is dimcult to push them 

 through the skin of a large animal. A good sur- 

 geon's needle can be purchased of any surgical 

 supply store for a few cents and no stock farm 

 should be without one. For sewing up a wound 

 a special kind of silkthread is made forsurgeon's 

 use and can be purchased in the drug stores for 

 a ftw cents. In the absence of this the common 

 embroidery silk works well. Use the coarsest 

 kind of white or light colored silk. If the thread is fine it can 

 be doubled. In sewing up a wound there is very little pain 

 except the prick of the needle when it passes through the 

 skin. A twist on the nose is usually sumeient to restrain a 



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Figure N? 2 



