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days or he will tear off the bandage and pos- 

 sibly make the wound worse by pulling out the 

 stitches to allay any irritation. Dogs will as- 

 sist nature by licking unbandaged wounds. 



Punctured wounds should always be exam- 

 ined minutely for foreign bodies and then 

 treated as above. In cases where the wound 

 has a ragged edge it may not be possible to 

 put in stitches, and there may arise wounds that 

 can neither be stitched nor bandaged. In such 

 cases the openings must be bathed with the bo- 

 racic acid lotion several times a day. It is im- 

 possible to emphasize too strongly the impor- 

 tance of removing any foreign body from a 

 wound, for if such be left in it may cause blood- 

 poisoning and death. 



