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in the parts. After a thorough exploration these wounds are to bo 

 carefully aud patiently fomented with warm water, to which has been 

 added carbolic acid in the proportion of 1 part to 100 of water. Earely, 

 if ever, are stitches to be inserted in lacerated wounds. The surround- 

 ing tissues and skin are so weakened in vitality and structure by the 

 contusion that stitches will not hold ; they only irritate the parts. It 

 is better to endeavor to secure coadaptation by means of bandages, 

 plasters, or collodion. One essential in the treatment of lacerated 

 wounds is to secure a free exit for the pus. If the orifice of the wound 

 is too high, or if pus is found to be burrowing in the tissues beneath 

 the opening, we must then make a counter opening as low as possible. 

 This will admit of the wound being thoroughly washed out, at first 

 with warm water, and afterward injected with some mild astringent 

 and antiseptic wash, as chloride of zinc, 1 dram to a pint of water. A 

 depending opening must be maintained until the wound ceases to dis- 

 charge. Repeated hot fomentations over the region of lacerated wounds 

 afford much relief and should be persisted in. 



Bruises are nothing but contused wounds, where the skin has not 

 been ruptured. There is often considerable solution of continuity of 

 the parts under the skin, subcutaneous hemorrhage, etc., which may 

 result in local death— mortification— and slough of the bruised part. 

 If the bruise or contusion is not so severe, very many cases are quickly 

 cured by constant fomentation with hot water for from two to four hours. 

 The water should be allowed, about this time, to gradually become cool 

 and then cold. Cold fomentation must then be kept up for another 

 hour or two. Dry the parts thoroughly and quickly, and bathe them 

 freely with camphor 1 ounce, sweet oil 8 ounces. A dry, light bandage 

 should then be applied, the horse allowed rest, and, if necessary, the 

 camphorated oil may be repeated for two or three days. If, however, 

 the wound is so severe that sloughing must ensue, we must encourage 

 this by poultices made of linseed meal, wheat bran, turnips, onions, 

 bread and milk, or hops. Charcoal is to be sprinkled over the surface 

 of the poultice when the wound is bad smelling. After the slough 

 has fallen off the wound is to be dressed with antiseptic washes of car- 

 bolic acid, chloride of zinc, permanganate of potash, etc. If granulat- 

 ing (filling up) too fast, use burnt alum, or air-slaked lime. Besides 

 this local treatment we find that the constitutional symptoms of fever 

 and inflammation call for measures to prevent or control them. This 

 is best done by placing the injured animal on soft or green food. A 

 physic of Barbadoes aloes, 1 ounce, should be given as soon as possible 

 after the accident. Sedatives, as tincture of aconite root, 15 drops 

 every two or three hours, aud ounce doses of saltpeter twice or three 

 times a day, are also to be administered. When the symptoms of fever 

 are abated, and if the discharges from the wound are abundant, the 

 strength of our patient must be supported by good food and tonics. 

 One of the best tonics is as follows : Powdered sulphate of iron, pow- 

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