SKIN DISEASE^,. 29 1 



Bruised and torn woioids may be treated like punctured ones, 

 and in birds, pigs, and dogs, and in the more vascular parts of 

 the larger animals, will often heal by adhesion. Should they 

 fail to do so, they ought to be stitched together, not too closely, 

 and allowed to heal by granulation. Parts that are absolutely 

 dead may be removed, but none that continue to show signs of 

 life, and above all, no skin that possibly can be saved. 



Poisoned wounds should be promptly cauterized (See Canine 

 madness, Malignant anthrax, Lymphangitis). Sub-cutaneous 

 wounds, in wliich the deeper parts are injured with little or no 

 breach of the skin, mostly heal satisfactorily, and the main 

 object should be to secure a suitable position of the part, lest 

 distortion should occur from undue contraction or extension ot 

 the structures in healing. For wounds that have resulted in 

 fistula, see poll evil, fistulous withers and quittor. Whenever a 

 foreign body is lodged in a wound it should be removed, because 

 of its tendency to cause fistula, especially in horses. 



BURNS AND SCALDS. 



The gravity of these will vary much according to their extent 

 and depth. The treatment of the more severe is rarely desir- 

 able in the lower animals, because of the danger of fatal results 

 from internal complications; or of ruinous distortions from the 

 contraction of cicatrices. For slight burns apply cold water, 

 Goulard water, water perceptibly sweetened with carbolic acid 

 or flavoured with oil of turpentine, keeping this up until the 

 violent pain and inflammation have subsided. Success attends 

 the exclusion of air by covering the part thickly with flour or 

 cotton wool until irritation is past The same end is gained 

 by bathing the bum with oil of turpentine and afterwards 

 covering with resin ointment. When large blisters have formed, 

 puncture with a needle and smooth down the cuticle on the 

 skin by gentle pressure, following up with the soothing measures 

 already recommended. When the skin is more deeply burned 



