WOUNDS. 529 



Goulard^s extract . . | ounce. 

 Vinegar ... 2 ounces, 



Water ... 4 ounces. 



WOUNDS. 



In treating of this part of our subject, we shall confine 

 our observations chiefly to wounds of a simple nature, for 

 this reason, that when cattle are injured in the internal 

 parts, which requires a long and tedious attention, it will 

 be better at once to kill the animal, because the trouble 

 and expense will counterbalance the profit of a tedious 

 recovery. The flesh of cattle which have received severe 

 wounds, if the animal be immediately destroyed, is perfectly 

 wholesome. Besides, in the attempt to cure severe wounds, 

 there is always a risk of the animal's dying, under the best 

 devised treatment. 



In the cure of wounds mucli depends on their situation, 

 and the form of the instrument by which they were inflicted. 

 A cut from a sharp instrument is very easily healed ; all that 

 is required being to bring the edges of the wound together, 

 and keep them in contact by means of a slip of adhesive 

 plaster. But if they are in situations where the plaster is 

 not likely to remain on, in consequence of the action of the 

 muscles or otherwise, a few stitches with strong thread or 

 fine twine will have the same efiect ; and when it is found 

 that adhesion of the parts has taken place, the string must 

 be cut away, and the needle-holes will quickly fill up. Or 

 the wound may be kept together by means of a pin or two, 

 with thread twisted crossways round them, which can be 

 drawn out after the part has healed. Care must be taken 

 that the wounds are rendered perfectly clean before their 

 edges are brought together. But in fresh wounds, the use 

 of stimulants as a wash, is to be carefully avoided, all 



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