242 NAVIX ox THE HOESE. 



the wound. The tent is best held in by taking a stitch in the 

 lip of the wound and through the tov/ or flax at the outer end 

 of the tent. After the inflammation has gone down and healthy 

 white matter appears, this long tent may be removed and a 

 shorter one introduced, so as to let the bottom of the wound 

 heal ; and, after a few days, a still shorter one. The object is 

 to heal the sore from the bottom toward the outside. The outer 

 opening must not be allowed to close until the wound is healed 

 below. At the'same time the tent is being used in the wound, 

 the part may be bathed with tincture of arnica, marigold, oi 

 compound tincture of myrrh. 



If the punctured wound reaches to the bone, and it is slough- 

 ing, which may be known by the peculiar ofl'ensive smell, and 

 the matter being grainy, in addition to the wound being kept 

 .open, it may be injected once a day with the following: Tincture 

 -of iodine, one part; water, four parts, mixed; of this inject 

 .enough to fill the wound ; or pyroligneous acid may be used 

 for the same purpose. 



In this sort of wound, as well as others, if there is any dispo- 

 isition for the matter to form a pouch, which there generally is 

 if the wound has a downward direction, it should be opened 

 •early, below, so that the matter may pass out. 



Punctured ivounds of the foot deserve especial consideration. 

 They are made by nails in shoeing, or by the horse treading on 

 a nail, snag, or other sharp thing. Here it is of the first im- 

 portance that every part of the instrument causing the wound 

 should be removed ; for, generally, if any part of it remains, it 

 will entirely close the wound, and the matter which forms can 

 have no chance to escape, only by forcing a way through the 

 soft parts injured, thus forming a quitter. A puncture of the 

 foot may only pass through the hoof and slightly injure the sen 

 sitive or fleshy parts in it ; or it may even lacerate those parts 

 badly, or injure the bones within the hoof, or their ligaments 

 ^or joints. If the puncture is caused by a nail or any other 

 .-.agent, and.it is certain no part is left in, and that the wound is 



