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floor and the wound dressed daily with the carbolic acid solu- 

 tion. If pus has formed in the foot as a result of the wound 

 the horn must be cut away to give free access to the part, 

 the pus must be washed away and the whole disinfected with 

 5 % carbolic acid. In many cases it is necessary to inject the 

 antiseptic with a syringe. Then the wound should be treat- 

 ed daily as previously described. 



After a punctured wound of the foot has healed and the 

 new horn has begun togrow the cavity can be filled with pine 

 tar, a piece of leather riailed on under the shoe to protect the 

 foot and the animal put to work. The leather should be cut 

 away in a week or ten days. 



SURGICAL WOUNDS 



It is often necessary to make wounds in animáis. The 

 most common surgical wounds are those made in opening 

 abcesses and in castration. Before making a wound the hair 

 should be shaven or clipped from the part and the skin 

 thoroughly washed with soap and water and then disinfected 

 with a 5% carbolic solution or creoline of equal strength, 

 before making the incisión. After operating disinfect the 

 wound and treatit daily until healed. Many horses and other 

 animáis are not castrated because of the danger of death 

 from tetanus or blood poisoning following the operation. If 

 the parts are well cleaned and disinfected before operating 

 and the operation properly performed and the wound is kept 

 clean and disinfected there is practically no danger from 

 these diseases. Following castration it is often necessary to 

 use a syringe to inject the antiseptic in the wounds in the 

 scrotum. 



PROUD FLESH 



There sometí mes forms in wounds a peculiar abnormal 

 growth of new tissue that is commoly called «proud flesh». 

 This abnormal growth retards the healing process so that is 



