General Management in Disease 



on the ultimate issue. When the chest, belly, or 

 cranial cavity are opened, the danger is that some 

 important organ may be implicated, and not un- 

 commonly protrude. Pleurisy, Peritonitis, etc., 

 may be induced in this way. Shaft wounds are 

 common in horses, and the severity of such injuries 

 frequently necessitates immediate destruction. 



Wounds about the feet of horses are particularly 

 common, whilst broken knee is the commonest 

 accident of all. It varies from the most trifling 

 abrasion down to fracture of the carpal bones. 

 When a wound penetrates into a joint, it gives 

 rise to open-joint and acute inflammation, accom- 

 panied by a discharge of joint-oil, which is always 

 a serious condition. Punctured wounds require 

 careful treatment, but it is not always advisable to 

 probe the same, otherwise more damage may be 

 done. The direction of a wound influences its 

 progress ; thus, for instance, a wound that passes 

 from below in an upward direction heals quicker 

 than one in the inverse direction, unless artificial 

 drainage be made. 



Cattle frequently injure one another with their 

 horns, and lacerations about the female organ are 

 common, and such should be dressed with carbolic 

 glycerine. Infection of a wound commonly occurs 

 at the time of infliction, therefore it is generally 

 advisable to wash it immediately with some anti- 

 septic solution, such as I part of Carbolic Acid to 

 40 parts of water. When a wound is in a state of 



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