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bruising of the diseased sole. There will always be 

 tenderness that will be noticed whenever the horse is 

 trotted out. 



INJURIES. 



WOUNDS. 



HEMORRHAGE. In attempting to stop bleeding 

 from a wound, don't use the means ordinarily employed, 

 viz: swabbing with a sponge, as that will only prevent 

 the stopping of the flow. Act as follows : If from a large 

 surface, pack a sponge, or cloths into the wound and 

 retain them there either by hand pressure or by band- 

 age ; and the stronger the pressure the quicker will 

 the bleeding stop. If on slacking the pressure slightly, 

 it is found that the bleeding still continues, apply 

 pressure again, without removing the compress of 

 sponge or rags. In a little while this will stay in place, 

 as it is held by the blood clot. It should not be re- 

 moved for a little while, so as to give time for clots to 

 be formed in the bloodvessels, 



Treatment. In all clean cut wounds where it is pos- 

 sible to bring the edges together, they should be 

 stitched. Various kinds of stitches sutures are 

 used by surgeons, depending on the kind of wound 

 they are called on to treat. It will not be necessary 

 for me to go into detail, but to give some plain 

 advice as to sewing up the wounds. It will be nec- 

 essary first to get the animal under control, and for 

 ordinary wounds the apparatus seen in Figs. 17 and 18 will 

 usually answer the purpose. In fact I sew up many 

 wounds by applying a twitch on the horse's nose only, 

 with one fore foot tied up. I use heavy silk, made 

 specially for sewing wounds ; but when this cannot be 



