Barb Wire Cuts 77 



SITFAST 



This is a dead horn like slough ordinarily found connected up with 

 the deep muscles of the neck under the top of the collar, causing the 

 horse a great deal of irritation They are caused by the mane being un- 

 dqr the collar, too heavy a load on the neck with a tight collar or for- 

 eign substance such as cockle burrs working under the top of tlie collar. 

 Often they are indefinite in outline and a flaxseed poultice will make 

 the outline distinct. 



Place in a mason fruit jar some finely powdered blue stone. Pour 

 warm water over it and stir every few hours. Pour a small amount of 

 this around the sit-fast and in a very few days it can be puljed loose from 

 its attachment to the deep muscles and dusting powders applied to induce 

 healing. 



BARB WIRE CUTS 



Ba\rb wire cuts are usually caused by improperly stretched wire. 

 A wound of the flesh never should be allowed to heal over on the outer 

 surface before it has healed inside. If it heals on the outside before it 

 heals inside, pus may be shut up in the wound without drainage and 

 gangrene or blood poison be the result. If bleeding is severe, the 

 blood may be induced to stop by finding the cut artery and tieing it 

 with a cord or clamping it with the artery forceps, (see page 17, fig. 9.) 



A strap twisted with a stick or a rubber ligature (See cut of instru- 

 ments on (page 17, fig. 5) between the wound and the heart will often 

 stop bleeding. Packing the wound full of cotton will often stop bleed- 

 ing. A healthy horse can lose as much as 6 quarts of blood without 

 serious disadvantage. 



After bleeding has stopped, remove any foreign matter in the wound 

 and wash it with a good dip, iodine, or carbolic acid water solution. 

 Clip the ragged edges with a clean pair of shears and draw the edges 

 of the wound together and sew with cobbler's thread doubled a number 

 of times and well waxed with bees-wax or rosin or prepared cat-gut 

 thread may be bought at drug stores. In sewing up such a wound at 

 the lowest point, leave an opening for the escape of pus. If the wonnd 

 swells much you probably have not sufficient drainage and it may be 

 necessary to clip a stitch and run the finger back into the wound and 

 wash it again with iodine. I usually fill such a wound before sewing 

 with a good antiseptic dusting powder which can be secured at drug 



