CHAPTER XV 



CARE OF THE WOUNDED 



In any serious case of injury or ailment, and in 

 any case which we cannot diagnose for certain our- 

 selves, it is far better for both man and horse to call 

 in professional assistance at once. A little know- 

 ledge in this, as in other things, may be very dan- 

 gerous, and with the very best intentions we may 

 apply totally wrong treatment to a wound or ailment, 

 of the exact nature or extent of which we are 

 ignorant. 



For the man in the Real, as for the horse in the 

 Image, such professional aid will usually be procur- 

 able ; still it may occasionally happen, in both cases, 

 that it is not, or that it may be a long time in arriv- 

 ing. Moreover, there are in the case of a horse 

 certain common injuries and ailments of which the 

 first treatment at any rate is very simple. 



It is of these that we would now try and treat 

 briefly, because the young soldier sportsman should 

 be able to diagnose, and prescribe for, them in order, 

 in the first instance, to save time, and in the second, 

 to save a veterinary surgeon's bill (t. e, if there is 

 nothing really serious), in the same way as he should 



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