i6o BREAKING AND TRAINING 



If the stab is inside the arm — a frequent place — and 

 the horse is some distance from home at the time of 

 the accident, he should be walked home very quietly 

 indeed, because with every movement he takes there 

 is a possibility of the wound's sucking in air in such 

 a way that the skin is blown out with it. If convenient, 

 moreover, it is a good thing to pack the wound with a 

 very clean piece of soft linen, wool, or tow. 



Once you have got the horse into a place in which 

 he can be properly attended to, the wound should 

 be cleaned with warm water, to which some J eyes' 

 fluid or carbolic acid has been added. This done, 

 you must then proceed to ascertain whether any 

 foreign body has been lodged in the wound, such as 

 a piece of wood, etc. Any foreign substance must, of 

 course, be immediately got out. While you are 

 treating the wound in this way, you will be able 



in some degree to gauge the extent of the injury. 

 During the following days syringe the wound out 



once a day, with a solution of carbolic acid (i oz. 



to 40 oz. water) or a solution of Jeyes' fluid (i oz. to 



40 oz. of water, as before). 



It will be understood, of course, that in the case 



of all wounds arising from puncture, the greatest care 



