158 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



latter must be looked to for the explanation if any 

 swelling which may be present in a case of the injury 

 under discussion. 



The treatment of a broken knee, like that of a bruised 

 one, requires the use of fomentations as soon as possible 

 after the injury has been received. You must freely 

 foment the knee with hot water, to which some anti- 

 septic fluid, such as J eyes', or a little carbolic acid, 

 has been added. The bathing should last for a couple 

 of hours at least. 



The wound must then be closely examined in order 

 to discover whether any particle of grit or such matter 

 has entered. If an}^ foreign substances are found to 

 be present they ought, of course, to be got out as early 

 as possible. 



Having thoroughly cleaned the wound, one may now 

 proceed to dress and bandage it. Before doing this 

 you should clip off any hair there may be around the 

 edges of wound. Then take some boracic acid lint, 

 and cut a piece a foot square for each knee, smear the 

 lint with carbolic acid ointment, or Eucalyptus 

 ointment over a surface corresponding with the size 

 of the wound. Now fix it on the injured knee with a 

 flannel bandage. The knee requires dressing in this 



