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carefully and make sure there is no foreign sub- 

 stance in the wound. If the piece cut down with 

 the foot is nearly oif, and is only of a horny 

 substance, do not hesitate to cut it off, for it will 

 heal much sooner with it off than if kept on. If, 

 however, the wound is deep, after it has been 

 carefully washed, and you are satisfied there is no 

 dirt or other substance in the wound, get some 

 carbolic oil made with 



Carbolic acid 1 part. 



rincst Lucca or salad oil 5 parts. 



Pour some into the wound, then press the lips of 

 the wound as close together as possible, and if 

 you can put a stitch into it with a curved needle 

 to hold the lips together, it will greatly facilitate 

 the healing process. 



Having got the lips together, saturate a pellet 

 of tow with the oil, bandage it firmly over the 

 wound, and do not remove the bandage again for 

 three or four days, by which time the wound will 

 have become consolidated. Sometimes the leg 

 will swell very much, and masters and grooms 

 fear that the leg is too tightly bandaged and 

 imdo it too soon, causing the wound to slough, 

 and leave an ugly scar for their pains. When 

 legs swell from the inflammation set up by the 

 wound, it can easily be prevented from rising up 

 the leg to the body by puncturing the swollen 

 mass with the lancet in three or four places ; this 

 will let out the inflammatory fluid and arrest the 

 swelling. The limb should be bathed with — 



Arnica lotion, composed of arnica b.p. . . 1 part. 

 Cold spring water 10 parts. 



