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Grcise, and a solution of common alum in water, to 

 Wash the wound. 



<c The horse, being still very lame, and the 

 knee much enlarged, I ordered a strong blister of 

 cantharides and lard to be applied round the knee, 

 but not so as to cover the wound, with an inten- 

 tion, by the discharge it might produce, to relieve 

 the part ; and I found it had the desired effect. 

 The horse was then sent to grafs, and in two 

 months, contrary to every expectation, got per- 

 fectly well, and one joint was scarcely to be dis- 

 tinguished from the other." 



Contused and lacerated Wounds 



APoE seldom healed by the first intention, from 

 the divided edges being unequal and ragged. The 

 bleeding is seldom considerable ; probably from the 

 vefsels being very much stretched before they 

 were divided. The pain, swelling, and inflamma- 

 tion, are often very great. 



The first thing to be done is to remove any ex- 

 traneous body that may be lodged in the wound ; 

 the parts are then to be brought as nearly into 

 their natural situation as pofsible. 



