Kicks 131 



accidents of this class come under the 

 notice of the country veterinary practitioner, 

 particularly during the summer months. 



The size of the skin wound does not 

 necessarily indicate the gravity of the 

 injury. A very slight wound is sometimes 

 accompanied by hopeless injury to bone, 

 etc., whereas extensive wounds may be 

 unattended with any special danger. Of 

 course all wounds — no matter however 

 trifling — are liable to be followed by such 

 diseases as lockjaw, the broken skin form- 

 ing the portal for the entrance of the germs 

 of this disease. 



Kicks in the regions of the belly, etc., 

 are frequently succeeded by inflammation 

 (Peritonitis), yet there will probably be no 

 wound. 



All Injuries of this nature call for pro- 

 fessional service, the animal being kept as 

 quiet as possible, until such aid arrives. 



