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colour, it is a sign that healthy action has taken place, in the shape of 

 granulation. Excessive granulations, however, must be kept in check, 

 by the application of some caustic lotion, or powder. (See Appendix.) 

 To keep down undue inflammatory action, nothing is better than cold 

 water bandages or cloths, kept constantly wet by pouring cold water 

 over them from time to time. These should be continued until healthy 

 matter is seen coming from the wound. (See Par. 33, First Lecture.) 



131. After the edges of a clean cut wound have been drawn together 

 with stitches — sutures — I have frequently seen good results from 

 covering the part with green (Stockholm) tar. This acts as a good 

 antiseptic, and keeps the air from the wound ; it also has a tendency 

 to keep the stitches from suppurating out, thus preventing the lips 

 from gaping open. This is of most value in cases of injury to the 

 neck, ribs, hips, and thighs. When bandages can be used, a pledget 

 or small compress of tow or cotton wool, saturated with a mixture of 

 oak varnish and Iodoform can be applied to the wound before putting 

 on the bandage. {See Appendix.) 



132. Bruised and Contused "Wounds may be considered as one, 

 and are those in which the parts are injured with or without an abrasion 

 of the skm — a good example being a black eye, in the human body. 

 In domestic animals, these wounds are generally caused by kicks, 

 blows, prods from a cow's horn, slipping on ice, &c. The bleeding 

 takes place under the skin, the blood coagulating and arresting 

 the hemorrhage. Sometimes these injuries. are very extensive, and 

 should not be interfered with by an amateur, nor should they be cut 

 into for eight or nine days, when a good opening must be made, and 

 the clotted blood removed ; the wound may then be dressed with the 

 antiseptic mixture and tow. [See Par. 729.) Frequently they suppurate 

 and form matter; or the watery portions may become absorbed and the 

 solids organised, and form a big hard lump — a tumour. A good 

 example is the breaking of the " belly-rind," by one cow " dumping " 

 another, or through the kick of a brutal cattle-man or horse- man. In 

 such cases, cold water bandages can be applied, or the parts may be 

 thickly and loosely covered witli cotton wadding, and hrmly bandaged. 



