TREATMENT 85 



tions, and rubbed as dry as possible. We then 

 cover the withers with a layer of cotton or 

 gauze and hold it in place with a muslin or bur- 

 lajD sheet tied down with cords encircling the 

 breast and the girth. Tlie patient is now ready 

 for the stall. 



After-care. At the end of twenty- four hours 



Fig. 9. — The Drainage Tube After the Wound Has Been 

 Sutured, Typical Fistula. 



the sutures are removed and the packing lifted 

 out carefully. There is at this time still some, 

 danger of bleeding if the interior of the cavity 

 is harshly handled. We, therefore, advise that 

 no attempt be made to clean out the blood clots 

 attached here and there about the cavity until 

 the end of forty-eight hours, but that we con- 

 tent ourselves with a second packing of oakum 



