CHAPTER V 



Wounds and Their Treatment 



The stockman has all sorts of wounds with which 

 to deal. He may guard his animals with the care 



and caution of a mother 

 and still find constant 

 bother and worry to 

 face in the daily man- 

 agement of his stock. 

 Today it may be a 

 wound caused by a nail 

 puncture in the foot ; to- 

 morrow a cut occasioned 

 by a fence ; and then al- 

 most immediately an- 

 other, the result of a kick 

 or a hook ; with patience 

 nearly exhausted, now 

 follow bruises of many 

 sorts and unexplainable 

 lacerations. 



These troubles occur 

 on the best managed 

 farms. There is but one 

 thing to do : meet each 

 case as it occurs and lend 

 such assistance as you 

 can that nature may re- 

 pair the wrecked tissue 

 at the earliest possible 

 moment. 



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FRACTURES 



When a bone is broken into 

 two or more parts it is said 

 to be fractured. These may 

 be straight across, up and 

 down, or oblique. Ordinary 

 fractures are easily treated 

 by splints, but sometimes 

 fractures are so serious as 

 to destroy the value of the 

 animal. 



