52 THE AKMY HORSE IN ACCIDENT AND DISEASE. 



The treatment of proud flesh consists in the removal of the un- 

 healthy t issue* by the use of the knife or by the application of a red- 

 hoi iron; burnt alum or salicylic acid dusted upon the surface of the 

 wound will also destroy the unhealthy granules. 



Punctured wounds. — Punctured wounds (except those around 

 joints) should be explored with a probe to ascertain if any foreign 

 bodies are in the channel; if so, they should be removed, and if neces- 

 sary a dependent opening be made to allow perfect drainage. The 

 parts should then be syringed out thoroughly with a solution of 

 creolin, 1 to 50; carbolic acid, 1 to 20 or 30; or bichloride of mercury, 

 1 to 1,000, and the outside opening sprinkled with iodoform. This 

 treatment should be applied twice daily. 



For a few days the wound should be swabbed with tincture of 

 iodine or packed with strips of gauze saturated with this drug in 

 order to destroy infection, check the formation of pus, and promote 

 the growth of healthy tissue. 



Wounds of the lips, nostrils, and eyelids heal very rapidly; if of 

 several days' standing, they should have their edges scraped and then 

 be sutured, and iodoform or acetanilid dusted over the surface twice 

 daily. 



An excellent antiseptic solution for the treatment of wounds 

 during fly time is made by dissolving 8 ounces of gum camphor in 3 

 ounces of carbolic acid. Apply with a clean swab several times daily. 

 One ounce of creolin to 8 ounces of olive oil is a good substitute. 



Punctured wounds around joints. 



Open joint is a wound situated on a joint and extending through 

 the capsular ligament, allowing the joint oil to escape. 



Treatment. — Remove the hair and thoroughly clean the parts 

 around the wound with a solution of bichloride of mercury, 1 to 1 ,000; 

 unless a foreign body is known to be lodged in it. do not probe or 

 explore, as the introduction of any instrument, even if thoroughly 

 clean, will be the means of setting up considerable inflammation. 

 Apply a blister of biniodide of mercury 1 part, cosmoline 1 parts, for 

 the purpose of closing the opening, limiting motion, and relieving 

 pain. Use the slings if the wound is very painful. If the wound 

 is so large that a blister will not close it, the treatment should be 

 as prescribed for an open wound. 



A punctured tendon sheath is treated like a punctured joint. 



CAUSE AM) TREATMENT OF SPRAINS. 



Sprains affect muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The fibers of 

 which they are composed are severely stretched, sometimes torn in 

 serious cases, causing inflammation and subsequent contraction, and, 

 in case of muscles, atroph}' or sweeny (wasting away ). 



