HUNTING DIRECTORY. 77 



Contused Wounds. 



course be regulated by the size of the wound : plenty of 

 lint or soft rag should be laid on, over which a roller or 

 bandage must be applied to confine the dressing, which 

 should not be removed for four or five days. The wound 

 should afterwards be dressed with Turners cerate spa- 

 ringly spread on rag, and the bandage as before, and 

 great caution used not to remove the adhesive plaister 

 till the third or fourth dressing. A table spoonful of 

 syrup of buckthorn may be occasionally given to keep 

 the animal's bowels open : and he must be muzzled or 

 otherwise so secured as to prevent his tearing away or 

 disturbing the bandage. 



Contused wounds are more painful than incised ; always 

 swohi, ragged, and not attended with much hcemorrhage 

 or flow of blood : no attempt should be made to bring 

 the edges together, but a cold poultice apphed, made 

 with oatmeal and the followmg lotion : 



Goulard's extract of lead, one dram 

 vinegar, two ounces 

 water, one pint 



the poultice should extend over the swelled parts sur- 

 rounding the wound, and be renewed three or four times 

 during the day. When the wound begins to suppurate 

 or discharge, unaccompanied with blood, the cold poul- 

 tice should be changed for a warm one, consisting of 

 oatmeal and water in which there is a httle grease, and 

 renewed three times a day as warm as the dog can bear 

 it. In a few days the matter will be completely dis- 

 charged, when the wound should be dressed daily with 

 yellow basilicon spread on rag, and a long roller applied 

 tightly over. 



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