360 DISEASES OF DOGS: WOUNDS. 



together, to prevent nature from having so large 

 a cavity to fill up; and this on account of the 

 mobility of parts, should be done by making a 

 suture or two with a needle and thread, which will 

 bring the sides of the wounds in contact ; and this 

 should be further assisted by some straps of adhe- 

 sive plaister, leaving a space between each to 

 allow the escape of any matter that may be 

 secreted. The straps of adhesive plaister have no 

 occasion to be removed until matter forms, and 

 then they may be taken off, and the w^ound may 

 now be dressed every day with the following oils, 

 and fresh slips of adhesive plaister must also be 

 applied. In more slight wounds, and sometimes 

 in very extensive ones, the following oils for 

 wounds are alone resorted to, and prove very 

 efficacious in curing them. 



Treatment of lacerated Wounds. — The treat- 

 ment will be similar to the incised wound, except 

 that in the lacerated it will be proper to wash the 

 wound very clean with warm water, and if a 

 splinter, or any extraneous body, be in the wound, 

 it must be removed. 



