CHAPTER XIII 



MISCELLANEOUS INJURIES, ETC. 



Wounds Fractures Sprains Bruises Abscesses Morbid 

 Growths Dislocations Ruptures Spaying Castration 



Wounds. 

 (Also see Diseases of the Eye and Ear.) 



The cat is by no means exempt from the in- 

 fliction of wounds, some of which are the outcome 

 of malice by boys, etc. The roving nature of cats 

 renders them specially liable to get hung up in 

 barbed wire, etc. The situation of the wound has 

 an important bearing upon the issue, injuries in the 

 region of the belly and chest being very liable to 

 be followed by internal inflammation. Punctured 

 wounds are usually worse to deal with, and require 

 careful examination. If the torn part is bleeding, 

 it ought to be bathed with cold water, and after- 

 wards with an antiseptic solution, such as Jeyes' 

 Fluid, ' Sanitas,' or Pino- Eucalypt, the last-named 

 being an excellent antiseptic, obtainable from 

 Messrs. Gilbertson and Page, of Hertford. After 



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