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hand ready for use in case of emergency. It keeps indefinitely and 

 is not expensive, and is now sold by all up-to-date druggists. 



Wire cuts, kicks, and other wounds are healed most quickly and 

 without leaving any scars or marks by dissolving ly^ ounces of 

 Lotio Vita in a quart of rain water and applying twice daily. It is 

 rarely necessary to sew up a wound when it is dressed in this way. 

 Apply no bandages, for this is nature's remedy for blood poisoning 

 and heals like magic if applied promptly while the wound is fresh. 

 Liniments should never be api)lied to an open wound. They are 

 made to irritate and are sure to produce objectionable callouses and 

 eye-sores. See Fig. 19. 



Calf with fractured limb in plaster cast. 

 Photo by Author. 



FRACTURED LIMBS 



Farm animals with fractured limbs, especially horses, valuable 

 blooded cattle, sheep, and dogs, should not be destroyed without 

 due consideration as to a probable recovery. 



TREATMENT 



If the fracture is not too near a joint, where it might possibly 

 involve the same and cause a permanent stiffness, or within thu 



