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necessary and use Pratts Veterinary Healing Ointment 

 or the lotion as directed for lacerated wounds. 



PUNCTURED 

 WOUNDS 



Punctured wounds are usually the most 

 dangerous, as it is hard to tell how deep 

 the injury extends. The mouth of the 

 wound contracts and is smaller than the interior. If the 

 matter which forms cannot be expelled, abscesses are the 

 result. The opening should be made larger by inserting 

 a sharp knife into the wound and cutting downward a 

 Irifle. This cut will soon heal. Treat same as other 

 wounds ; dress with Pratts Veterinary Healing Ointment 

 or with the lotion as for lacerated wounds. 



CONTUSED 

 WOUNDS 



Contused wounds are caused by falls, 

 blows, etc., and are serious, as the mus- 

 cles and soft parts are badly jammed. 

 If swollen very much and filled with matter, make a 

 sharp cut through the centre, then treat as a lacerated 

 wound. Other contused wounds not so serious should 

 be covered with flannel and kept continually wet 

 with water, at a temperature of ii8° Fahrenheit, for 

 at least four or five hours. Follow this with liniments 

 of camphor or ammonia, but, better still, Pratts 



