• .WOUNDS IN VARIOUS PARTS. 175 



Treatment of Wounds from different Causes. 



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by the horse's bruising, tearing, or staking them- 

 selves upon fences. 



The first operation necessary to be done is, to 

 cleanse the wound from all dirt, clotted blood, or 

 any other extraneous matter. Then carefully 

 search the wound with a probe, candle, or the 

 finger, in order to find its extent; and if the en- 

 trance of the wound be too small to admit the fin- 

 ger, the skin must be cut open. Wounds re- 

 ceived by horses kept for hunting, or by those 

 which are apt to leap over fencing, are frequently 

 very considerable, even sufficient to admit the 

 whole hand, which, in this case, may be intro- 

 duced; and if any extraneous body be left be- 

 hind, it must be carefully removed. 



If the horse has received any wounds from 

 these causes, it will be proper to examine the 

 place where the accident happened, in order that 

 the operator may be better able to judge of the 



