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Hog's lard, - . _ 8 ounces. 



Bees' wax, _ - _ l ounce. 



Common turpentine, - 6 ounces. 



Melt them together ; and, when taken from the 

 fire, add one ounce of powdered verdigris ; continue 

 stirring the mixture until it is cold. 



In deep wounds, or in such as the parts are mucL 

 divided, sewing is highly improper. Wounds of 

 the belly, through Vvhich the bowels pass out, are 

 highly dangerous, and require the most delicate 

 management. Dr. Clater has advised a variety of 

 stimulating medicines to be applied to the bowel; 

 among which we find camphor, oil of turpentine, 

 and spirit of wine, tempered, however, with oint- 

 ments, Goulard water, kc. ; any of which except 

 the water, must, we should suppose, produce a fatal 

 inflammation of the part. The first thing to be 

 done, when this accident happens, is to put back 

 the bowel into the belly as tenderly as possible : but 

 if any dirt, hair, or other matter be observed upon 

 the gut, it must first be carefully washed off with 

 warm water. When the bowel has been replaced, 

 the wound must be stitched up by means of a 

 crooked needle and threads doubled, or small twine, 

 well waxed (with bees' wax) : a roller, or bandage, 

 is then to be applied. The animal is to be kept at 

 rest, on a spare, opening diet, of grass or bran ; and, 

 if in any degree costive, a dose of castor oil may be 

 given. The treatment of the wound is of little im- 

 portance ; the great object is to keep the bowel in 

 its situation. It sometimes happens, that a great 

 deal of air gets into the gut, after it has escaped 

 from the belly, and so distends it, as to render it 

 difficult, if not impracticable, to replace it through 

 the original wound ; when, after a careful and pa- 

 tient trial, this is found to be the case, the wound is 

 to be enlarged, so as to allow of the gut being re- 



