DISEASES OF CATTLE. 921 



TREATMENT. If the wound is severe, and the animal is 

 healthy and in good flesh, and it is a horse, 



Take Aloes, . . 6 drams. 



CJinger, .... . . 1 dram. 



Opium, powdered ... \ dram. 



Mix in hot water, and give at one dose when cool. But if 

 it is a cow, 



Take Epsom Salts, 8 ounces. 



Water, ........ 2 pints. 



Mix, and give at one dose. 



If the bleeding is very great, the dose just given should be 

 withheld. If there is severe bleeding, open up the wound as 

 well as possible until you can see just where the blood comes 

 from, and grasp the vessel with a pair of forceps, give it a 

 twist or two to stop the flow of blood, then tie it tightly above 

 the forceps, leaving the ends of the threads long enough to 

 hang out over the edge of the wound (silk thread is, perhaps, 

 the best). If you can not so tie the vessels, applying a band- 

 age so it will press upon the vessels may arrest the bleeding. 

 If this will not stop it, pack the wound with lint or tow, and 

 then bandage. The lint or tow may be wet with 



Sugar of Lead, ....... 2 ounces. 



Water, ... ...... 1 pint. 



Or tincture of the chloride of iron may be used instead of 

 the above in a very bad case. 



In some mild cases of bleeding, warm or cold water applied 

 to the part may arrest it. Having succeeded in arresting the 

 bleeding, if by tying the artery, thoroughly cleanse the wound 

 with water, and then bring the edges of the wound together, 

 keeping them together with stitches, taking the stitches so a 

 pretty wide piece of skin will be caught, and tie each stitch 

 separately. And hi tying, tie as an ordinary knot, then put the 

 end under the string just as before. This makes a single knot 

 with a double twist in the string; then draw the knot tight and 

 tie another knot on top of this, and the knots will not slip. If 

 the wound is a large, gaping one, which stitches will not hold, 



