158 WOUNDS IN VAUIOUS PAHTS. 



sufficient. The oils must be plentifully applied ; 

 the wound stitched up, and afterwards secured 

 with a pledget or two, and a bandage or roller. 

 Wounds on a fleshy part must have the oils poured 

 to the bottom, or otherwise introduced into the 

 wound by a tent or pledget of tow, well soaked 

 in them ; afterwards rub them well all round the 

 wound where necessary ; repeat the dressings once 

 a day, or every other day, as may be thought 

 proper. The inflammatory swelling which sur- 

 rounds the wound, must be well rubbed twice a 

 day with the same digestive oils (with these oils I 

 have made wonderful cures in horses that have 

 been staked), or the following oils. 



(RECIPE, No. 120.) 

 Mixed Oils for Wounds. 



Take — Neatsfoot oil, one pint ; 



Oil of turpentine, six ounces ; 



Oil of origanum, half an ounce; 



Oil of vitriol, one ounce : 



Mix them together in a pot, adding the vitriol 

 by a little at a time, and keep constantly 

 stirring till united ; then put it in a bottle 

 for use. 



The stitches across the wound must be cut in 

 three or four days, and then dressed with a small 

 tent of tow dipped in the digestive (No, 118, p. 



