200 FARRIERY, ETC. 



of blistering ointment rubbed on ; or the ap})lication of a 

 small piece of fused potass; or even the nitrate of silver in 

 substance, or blue-stone ; all of wbich will produce a new 

 action in the part, and if followed by rest from tbe saddle^ 

 will generallp effect a cure. 



FLESH WOUNDS. 



The following, on the treatment of ordinary flesh wounda, 

 is from Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor : 



Incised Wounds are those inflicted by sharp instru* 

 ments. On the human body they often heal without any 

 subsequent inflammation beyond what nature sets up in 

 the restorative process ; but the difficulty in the horse is, 

 that we cannot always keep theparts in contact, and there- 

 fore it is not so easy to unite them 



If the wound is seen immediately after infliction, and there 

 seems to be the least probability of healing by first inten- 

 tion, we place a twitch on the horse's nose, and examine 

 the part. K there be found neither dirt nor foreign body 

 of any kind, the blood had better not be washed off; for 

 this is the best healing material in the world. The edgea 

 are then to be brought together by interrupted sutures, 

 taking care not to include the hair between the edges of 

 the wound, for that would effectually prevent union. 

 Nothing more is needed but to secure the animal so that 

 he cannot get at it. If he is to be kept in the stable, with* 

 out exercise, for any length of time, he had better be put 

 on half diet. 



Contused Wounds. — These are generally occasioned 

 by hooks, or some blunt body connected with the harness 

 or vehicle. They generally leave a gaping wound with 

 bru^^ed edges. We have only to remember that nature 

 possesses the power of repairing injuries of this kind — of 

 filling up the parts and covering them with new skin ; all 



