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the wound cut away with a small sharp knife ; 

 lay the wound well open, probe the wound care- 

 fully, and ascertain if any chip is left behind ; if 

 you find any, remove it with the forceps, and be 

 quite sure you leave nothing in the wound. In 

 probing a wound of this class, do not use a metal 

 probe, but a gutta-percha one, as you would be 

 liable to further injure the sensitive lamella. 

 Having made sure the wound is clear and clean, 

 pour into it carbolized oil, put a piece of cotton 

 wool, saturated with the oil, on the top of the 

 wound, and bind up. Eemove the wool every 

 morning, and bathe the wound with warm water, 

 re-dress it and bind up, and in most cases the 

 animal is well in a few days. Many persons use 

 tincture of myrrh for wounds, but it should not 

 be used in deep wounds, as it dries up the lips 

 and sets up suppuration. The antiseptic treat- 

 ment of carbolized oil is much better, as its heal- 

 ing qualities are truly wonderful. If a horse 

 has a wound of this class it should have a six- 

 dram purging ball given, its corn stopped, and 

 fed upon carrots, mash, swede, mangold and 

 sweet hay. Corn would only set up inflamma- 

 tion and be the forerunner of tetanus. Wounds 

 treated with carbolized oil often heal up fast, 

 making too rapid a growth of flesh, and it may 

 be necessary to touch the proud growth with 

 lunar caustic. I never consider that a fault, for 

 after the wound is filled up with new flesh, a 

 touch with the caustic point causes the wound to 

 granulate, forming a skin, and consolidating the 

 injured part. 



