Treatment of Wounds. 227 



skin should be cut away, loose shreds removed with the 

 scissors, and the wound washed by pouring ^varm water on it 

 from a height. When in this manner it is well cleaned it 

 should be thoroughly swabbed with a feather, or a piece of 

 tow on the end of a stick, with a disinfecting and stimulating 

 lotion, in which also pieces of tow, lint or rag should be wet 

 and laid in and over the wound ; the whole to be covered 

 by a bandage wet with the same. The wetting should be 

 repeated two or three times a day, but the bandage need not 

 be removed as long as the part appears progressing favorably 

 and the animal is comfortable. 



Of such disinfecting and stimulating lotions we shall give 

 a number of formulas, so that when the ingredients of one 

 are not convenient another may be chosen : — 



Crude petroleum is an excellent application also. 



