202 INCISED AND LACERATED WOUNDS. 



RECIPE (No. 52). 



Tincture of Aloes. 



Take — Barbadoes aloes, powdered, eight ounces ; 

 Myrrh, powdered, two ounces ; 

 Proof spirit, two quarts : 

 Let them infuse for a fortnight, shaking them well daily. 



The wound should be bathed with this twice every 

 day. If there is no danger that the horse will lick or 

 nibble it; or that dirt and gravel will get into it, the 

 wound will sooner heal by being kept open than if 

 the air be excluded. Should the surface of the sore 

 become unhealthy; and especially should fungoid 

 granulations threaten to spring up; the sore should 

 be washed with the following lotion. 



RECIPE (No. 53). 



Healing Wash for Wounds. 



Take — Chloride of zinc, one scruple, and dissolve it in a pint of water. 



If this is not sufficiently strong to repress the fun- 

 gus, use a drachm of the chloride to a quart of water. 

 But as this application is more cleanly than the fore- 

 going tincture, and appears also to be more healing in 

 its operation, the preparation of aloes may be dis- 

 pensed with where the cheaper chloride of zinc wash 

 can be obtained. 



INCISED AND LACERATED WOUNDS. 



The grand principle in the treatment of these 

 wounds is to close them as much as possible by the 

 first intention. This is not to be attempted imme- 

 diately. The bleeding should first be allowed to 

 cease. All decided moisture ought to have evapo- 



