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should be opened and the pus squeezed toward that 

 part. Apply the healing lotion liberally. Dress twice 

 a day now. In most cases where the wounds are of 

 any considerable size, it will be best to keep the horse 

 tied to a high ring in front of the stall, to prevent mo- 

 tion by lying down or getting up. Most wounds 

 when treated in the way above described, will heal kind- 

 ly, but when allowed to run along without treatment, 

 we frequently have complications which are difficult to 

 cure, and which in many cases will retard the healing 

 for some time. 



PROUD FLESH (EXCESS OF GRANULATIONS.) 



Whenever the raw surface of the wound projects be- 

 yond the level of the skin at the edges, we have an 

 excess of new material, which will have to be removed 

 before the wound will properly heal. The healing of 

 such a raw surface will have to take place by new 

 growths (additions of new skin around the edges of old 

 skin) until the new skin finally covers the entire raw 

 surface. A common cause of proud flesh in a wound is 

 rubbing or biting it. When such a wound is situated 

 on the inside of the limb, the animal will frequently 

 rub it with the opposite limb, causing it to look un- 

 usually angry, sore, and swollen, with a reddish dis- 

 charge from it. In such cases, to cause healing, it is 

 necessary to prevent mechanical irritation. Irritations 

 which delay the healing of wounds are very common in 

 summer, flies causing the animal to rub the part to re- 

 lieve the itching. To destroy the excessive growth of 

 repair material, the application of powdered sulphate 

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