66 Geyieral Principles of Veterinary Medicine, 



Fahrenbeitj a powerful impression is made on the vessels 

 witliout blemishing. 



A flat or slightly hollowed iron is heated to a dull red 

 heat. A piece of bacon rind with a little of the fat attached 

 to it, is then placed on the sj)avin or tumor which is to be dis- 

 persed. The iron is then applied upon the bacon rind, and 

 firmly held there for the space of two or three minutes, and 

 afterwards more lightly applied, until the rind is dried or 

 burned. This may be repeated several times at intervals of 

 two or three days, and it will be found to exercise a potent, 

 stimulating influence, and leave no scar. 



SUTURES OR STITCHES. 



When the edges of a wound or incision are properly 

 cleansed and the bleeding checked, they are brought together 

 and maintained in their proper and natural position by stitches 

 or sutures. Of these there are two varieties which are prin- 

 cipally used in domestic veterinary surgery. They are known 

 as the " interrupted suture ^^ and the " twisted suture." 



1. The interrupted suture is one in which the needle is 

 carried through the two edges of the wound, and the thread 



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no. 17. — THE INTEEEUPTED SUTUBE. 



then cut, leaving an end about three inches long on each side 

 of the cut. These are then brought together and tied, and 

 the ends cut off" close to the wound, as illustrated in Fig. 17. 



