310 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETEPJS^ARY ART. 



he should be bled ratlier freely : in other 

 circumstances it will be proper to omit that 

 operation, or take only a small quantity. A 

 purging'dranght or ball should be given as early 

 as possible, and the horse's diet confined to 

 hay and mashes, or bran : he may be allowed 

 to drink freely and frequently, and must be 

 kept perfectly at rest. 



The wound should be cleansed once or 

 twice a dav, as may be found necessary, 

 with water at blood heat; which, when the 

 wound is deep, may be done more etfectuall}' 

 by means of a syrinire. The only external 

 application necessary at this period is a fo- 

 mentation (See Fomentation). When this 

 plan is adopted, the inflammation, swelling, 

 and fever, which always follow an extensive 

 lacerated wound, will be much more mode- 

 rate than it would otherwise have been, and 

 in a few days will have subsided considerably; 

 a white matter will then flow from the wound, 

 and the horse will not appear to sufler much 

 pain. When this has been accom2)lished, it 

 is necessary to endeavour as much as pos- 



iti such wounds ihoy are iiottobe cmpl(»yfc1, iinlil lli*' infl;miiiia- 

 :iun wliidj iK'ccssanly follows the injury has STih^klf.i. 



