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If there is any foreign or detached substance in the wound it 

 should be cleansed with warm water injected, or the wash num- 

 bered 4, on page 294. 



When the wound has been thus thoroughly dressed, then 

 apply the salve described in Recipe Xo. 2, on page 292. Use 

 surgeon's cotton, saturated with the heated salve, large enough 

 to cover the wound and the skin of the coronet above. Then 

 retain the cotton dressing by applying a linen bandage. Then 

 apply the iron heated, but not so hot as to burn the bandage, 

 and close enough to open the pores. The inflammation will 

 pass off through the pores, and the salve will stimulate a 

 healthy growth. 



In treating draft horses, have the toe well set back on the 

 shoe, provided with a 

 side heel calkin on the 

 affected side. The 

 dressing should be con- 

 tinned as prescribed for 

 ten days, and the 

 wound will slowly yet 

 effectually heal. 



There are many in- 

 stances in which it is 

 not advisable to weak- 

 en the foot by tub 

 baths, especially where 

 the inflammation is 

 confined to the coro- 

 nary baud. An admir- 

 able substitute is found 

 in the felt swab shown 

 in Ficr. 78, well satu- 

 rated in warm water 



and buckled around the 

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Fig. 78. 



HEALTHY FOOT COVERED BY FELT 

 SWAB. 



A, £'Wab buckled around pastern. 



