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under wliicli the cuts will be found to have healed, and the hair to 

 be growing. The longer this outside scale can be kept on the better. 

 Great care should be bestowed upon the even and natural growth of 

 the young hair afterwards, and knee-caps be avoided. 



Again : sprinkle over the wound, daily, a composition consisting 

 of equal parts of powdered alum, sulphate of iron, and myrrh. The 

 powder must not be washed off until the wounds have perfectly 

 healed, when, to promote the growth of hair, apply a blister consist- 

 ing either of the blistering-fly or the biniodide of mercury. 



Sometimes, in very mild cases, the hair, when growing again, 

 runs lighter in colour towards the roots ; in this case bring all the 

 hair off by a mild blister, such as James's, or by iodine ointment. 

 The hair grows again in a few weeks, and will then be all of the same 

 colour. Whilst the hair is growing use plenty of hand-rubbing 

 down the knee, not up. 



Some people recommend the tincture of marigold (Calendula 

 officincdis) as a good specific. Carefully cleanse the wound and apply 

 lint saturated with the tincture, wrapping over all some oil-skin. 

 The limb must be kept constantly moist. 



Mr. J. Brown, M.E.O.V.S., London, writes that he has found the 

 following powder very efficacious in the healing of wounds of the 

 knee of the horse, caused by falling : — R. hydrarg. bichlorid, loz. ; 

 pulv. zinci sulph., pulv. alumin., bol. armen., fia 1 oz. M. ''I em- 

 ploy," he says, ''no bandages nor any kind of compress over the 

 wound, as I consider that these rather retard than otherwise the 

 healing process. By the treatment I advocate, an eschar is soon 

 produced on the surface of the wound, and under it the healing 

 process quickly goes on. After cleansing the wounds thoroughly 

 from all extraneous matter, such as dirt or gravel, sprinkle the parts 

 over with the powder, place the horse in a loose box, and put on 

 a mash diet. On the following day give an aperient. By this 

 treatment an eschar is soon produced on the surface of the 

 wound, and the suppurative process goes steadily on. Eemove 

 the pus by gently pressing with a sponge without removing the 

 eschar. 



Again : In the first instance apply, for two days, bran poultices ; 

 after which, for a week, light linen bandages, kept continuall}^ moist 

 with cold water ; and, when the wounds are perfectly healed, then 

 apply a blister of the biniodide of mercury. If the knees are 

 deeply cut, after the application of poultices, cover the wounds 

 copiously with a compound consisting of equal parts of powdered 

 myrrh, alum, and sulphate of iron. 



