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Maggots. — This trouble can usually be prevented in small 

 wounds by smearing the following mixture around the border : 

 turpentine I part, tar 3 parts, fish oil 2 parts. If a wound be- 

 comes infested with maggots use chloroform. This may be ap- 

 plied either by spraying or by throwing it in small drops from 

 a sponge. 



Suggestions. — Wounds frequently heal more rapidly and 

 perfectly in open air than in the stable, because there is more 

 ammonia in the air of the stable, and injurious germs are more 

 abundant. Healing of some wounds is retarded by exercise and 

 5uch patients should be kept in the stable. 



