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up a horse badly, and making him gallop false, as it is termed. 

 Whenever the Avound is such as to leave a flap of skin, whether 

 it be upwards, downwards, or sidewise, it should be immediately- 

 cut off as close as possible ; a reunion of the parts can never 

 happen, and by leaving the flap, and attempting to effect the 

 reunion of the parts, there will be thickening and a greater 

 blemish, and its removal will be found necessary at last. This 

 may be considered as a contused wound, and to all such wounds 

 I think a poultice the best remedy. This probably will be 

 doubted by surgeons ; but in horse surgery it will be found the 

 best practice. When the inflammation has been completely 

 subdued by this poultice, the astringent paste may be applied, 

 and nothing more done for two days, when it is to be soaked 

 and Avashed off, and a similar dressing laid on. Three or four 

 of these dressings w^ill generally effect a cure. 



Astringent Paste. 



Finely powdered alum and pipe-clay, in equal proportions ; 

 water enough to give it the consistence of cream. When the 

 wound is perfectly healed, a little salad oil or hog's lard may be 

 necessary to soften the cicatrix. 



Halter Cast* 



When the horse entangles his hind lea; in the halter, he often 

 injures himself considerably ; the heel is the part that generally 

 suffers, and the only remedy required is wrapping up the part in 

 a large emollient poultice, until the inflammation is completely 

 removed ; if any sore reiuains, the digestive ointment, or 

 Goulard ointment, luay be applied for a day or two, and then 

 the astringent paste of pipe-clay and alum mixed with Avater. 



Goulard Ointment. 



Fresh hosr's lard 1 lb. 



Linseed oil 2 oz. 



Palm oil 2 oz. 



Melt over a sIoav fire, and Avhen removed and getting cool, 

 stir in 6 oz. by measure of Goulard's extract of lead. Continue 

 stirring until it is perfectly cold. 



* The subject is included in the present chapter from the similarity of the 

 injury and the proximity of the part to that just described. 



