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1. Thoroughly wash the hands in warm water, using plenty of 

 soap, before handling the wounds at all. After the hands have been 

 well scrubbed, rinse them thoroughly in a pan of one to one thousand 

 bichloride of mercury solution and dry with a cl<(t>i towel. 



2. Pull out the feathers in the region around the wound, and 

 thoroughly cleanse it, using first ir/irtu water, and follow this with 

 irami one to <>n< Ihoiixand bichloride solution. A piece of clean soft 

 cloth may be used for this purpose, or absorbent cotton. Make sure 

 that the wound is thoroughly clean. Do not be afraid of hurting the 

 bird. A little pain at the start is preferable to a dead bird later. 



3. If necessary, sew up the wound, using a good sized sewing 

 needle and silk. Both needle and silk should be soaked in alcohol for 

 fifteen minutes before using. Small wounds need not be sewed. Large 

 ones w r ill heal much quicker and more certainly if they are sewed. If 

 the wound involves the muscles as well as the skin, sew it up in two 

 layers ; one set of stitches including only the muscles, the other set 

 only the skin. 



4. Paint the skin in the region about the wound, but not the 

 ivcund itself, with dilute tincture of iodine. 



5. Powder the wound well with iodoform. 



6. Smear a thick layer of the ointment over all. 



7. If the wound is very severe bandage it with a clean cloth. 



"The above treatment is only necessary in its entirety in very 

 severe cases." 



Teaching poultry husbandry in the public school. 



