CATTLE. 



animal is relieved. It may be well to cauterize the wound with a hot iron or creosote before 

 applying the ammonia. 



Tarantula bites, stings of centipedes, scorpions, etc., should be treated the same as snake 

 bites, except cauterizing. 



WarWes. (See GKUB.) 



Warts. Small warts may be closely removed with scissors; large ones having a small 

 neck may be strangled by tying a strong waxed silk thread around the base as low as possi 

 ble. If the wart does not drop off in the course of a week, another ligature should be 

 applied in the same manner. Whichever method is resorted to for their removal, cauterize 

 the place after their removal with lunar caustic, or touch them daily with some tincture of 

 iron. If the warts are flat, and hence cannot be ligatured, apply once or twice a day nitric 

 acid, until they disappear. &quot;When they are well burned down, apply twice a day sweet oil 

 or fresh cream simmered to an oil. 



Wens. In the early stages, when first started and soft, bathe in warm water and apply 

 warm poultices until the soreness is partially removed; then paint them with tincture of 

 iodine once a day. If they become hard and large, they will have to be taken out. Dress 

 the wound two or three times a day, washing it with a carbolic lotion of one-half ounce of 

 carbolic acid to one pint of water. It would be a good plan to bind on the wound a sponge 

 wet w T ith the lotion. 



Wounds. Wounds on the body may be sewed up or drawn together by means of 

 cloth so cut as to alternate in strips and overlap, to which some kind of adhesive plaster 

 should be applied to hold them in place, drawing them carefully together so as to close the 

 wound before pressing the overlapping ends upon the surface. Before drawing the wound 

 together, the hairs on the edges should be all clipped off; be careful to have everything clean, 

 and permit no foreign substance of any kind get into it. When sewed, the wound should be 

 drawn together with a needle slightly curved; silk is generally preferred for this purpose. 



In drawing the silk through, tie a knot, using the end of the silk, and that drawn through 

 the edges, in such a manner as to prevent its untying or drawing out. The stitches should 

 generally be about half an inch apart. When the wound has grown together, cut the silk 

 and pull it out, each stitch separately. Wounds on the legs may be best drawn together by 

 the use of bandages. The bandage slit into three or four strips at both ends is very con 

 venient for drawing such &quot;wounds together. Keep the bandages clean by washing them once 

 or twice a day, and bathe the wound three or four times a day in a carbolic lotion of one-half 

 ounce carbolic acid mixed with one pint of soft water. When the wound is nearly closed, 

 apply three times a day a mixture of one part carbolic acid, and eight parts of olive oil. 



