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through the sub-tissues. After the matter is evacuated, recourse 

 should be had to bandages and to the linen rolls ; only, in this 

 case, the rolls will require to be larger than those described 

 above, or more numerous ; and they must be carefully applied 

 in a direction parallel to the length of the tendons. In this 

 manner we have succeeded on many occasions, in bad punctures 

 of this nature, in restoring the parts to health without the least 

 blemish being in the end perceptible. 



We recommend the use of linen rolls. At times, however, 

 their use is prejudicial. This is the case now and then with 

 horses of an excitable nature. The best substitute in such cases 

 is a wet sponge ; it is, in fact, the best upon every occasion of 

 the kind, but it is expensive ; so that where rolls of linen or 

 wash leather will answer the purpose, the expense of sponge is 

 saved. Sponge of a proper form can be selected, or clippings 

 can be made of lengths suitable to the requirements of the 

 practitioner. The advantages of wet sponge-rolls, are their 

 softness and elasticity. 



Above all things, in these cases, avoid blisters and the 

 application of hot stimulating oils. By the aid of a high-heeled 

 shoe, such as shewn at Fig. 26, page 470 ; with Arnica 1, in 

 2-drachm doses administered to the patient ; Arnica lotion 

 externally ; also cold water bandages, linen rolls, or wet sponge ; 

 together with a cooling diet ; is a course of treatment which 

 if steadily persevered in, will effect all that is desirable. 



Teeatment oe Contused Wounds. — A Contused Wound 

 I have elsewhere defined to be a bruise without break or division 

 of the skin. Its contents usually consist either of serum wholly, 

 or clots of blood and serum, both of which should be removed, 

 and the wound afterwards treated as an ordinary incised wound. 

 Sometimes these cases prove obstinate. The sac may be opened 



