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lotions and oils are very valuable, more especially when the injury is taking 

 on an unhealthy action, or is discharging fetid matter. A useful lotion of 

 carbolic acid for veterinary purposes may be made of carbolic acid, one 

 part ; water, thirty-six parts ; and glycerine, four parts. For superficial 

 injuries, carbolised oil is sometimes to be preferred to the lotion, as it 

 does not flow away so rapidly, or evaporate to the same extent as the 

 former preparation. It may be made of olive oil, thirty parts ; and carbolic 

 acid, one part. For foul ulcerated surfaces, twenty parts of oil to one of 

 the acid will be found a valuable application. Lotions and ointments of 

 oil of eucalyptus or of salicylic acid are also very valuable. 



In cases of incised wounds, the animal should be fed on a laxative 

 cooling diet, and the bowels should be gently acted upon, by two or three 

 drachms of aloes. Punctured wounds are of a more dangerous nature than 

 simple incised injuries. In those instances where the tissues are not much 

 lacerated, it should be our object to promote early adhesion by the application 

 of weak boric acid lotion, and bathing with cold water. Suturing will 

 necessarily not be applicable to such cases. In very severe punctures, the 

 danger is much greater, and it is very important to apply warm water 

 fomentations assiduously during the day. In case any foreign body be left 

 in the wound, it must be removed as early as possible ; and, if there be severe 

 haemorrhage, steps must be taken to prevent it. Poultices and fomentations 

 are also of value in those cases, where the injury may be expected to take on 

 an inflammatory action. Internally, a mild aperient of three or four drachms . 

 of aloes should be given, and strict quietude should be enjoined. If 

 there be inflammatory action and febrile symptoms appear, the diet should 

 be laxative and restricted in amount, and drenches, containing five minims 

 of Fleming's tincture of aconite with four ounces of liquor ammonii acetatis, 

 may be given with four ounces of water twice daily. When a limb is 

 much injured, it is sometimes advisable to place the animal in slings. 



In simple bruises, cold applications are indicated, such for example as 

 spirit lotion, which may be made of spirit, one part ; solution of acetate of 

 lead, one part ; water, eight parts. If, however, "matter" or pus is already 

 being formed, warm applications and poultices are necessary. When the 

 injured animal is much debilitated, strengthening diet and tonics soon 

 become necessary, especially if there be much discharge of matter. 



A very severe incised wound came under our notice just lately ; and we 

 may conclude with a short resume of this important and interesting 

 case : — On November 17th, 1885, we were summoned to see a thorough- 

 bred yearling foal, on a farm on the Lincolnshire Wolds. The muscles in 

 front of the near fore leg, between the shoulder and the knee, were quite 

 divided to the bone, and hung down pendulously about seven inches. The 

 skin was torn transversely and longitudinally. This severe injury had been 

 sustained several hours before our arrival. In accordance with the usual 

 prevalent but most erroneous popular notions, the furnace had been lighted 

 and cloths procured, for the purpose of continuous fomentation. Happily 

 this had not been started \ but the fact of its being strongly discountenanced, 



