134 Fly Blow 



TREATMENT 



Generally in such flesh wounds the maggots can all be removed with 

 the hand or by the us© of a shaving which is the most practical method 

 to pursue. To find k4 antiseptic or drug that will destroy the maggot 

 and not injure the wound is not as easy as some people think. Mag- 

 gots will live from 10 to 18 hours in a 1-1000 solution of corrosive sub- 

 limate or bichloride of mercury so ution. 



It requires several hours for maggots to die in a solution of equal 

 parts of taw oil and gasoline. 



Carbolic acid and turpentine can not be used on open flesh wounds 

 sufficiently strong to kill the maggots in a reasonable length of time with- 

 out injury to the wound. Pure gasoline will kill maggots placed in it 

 in from three to ten minutes and will not injure wounds and may be 

 used freely. It is the most efficient treatment in deep flesh wounds where 

 all the maggots can not be seen. In such cases the wounds should have 

 pure pine tar to which two teaspoonfuls of creolin have been added to 

 each one third pint, applied to it every day to keep away the flies. Pure 

 turpentine may be used in the horns of cattle. 



