APPENDIX. WOUNDS. 3 1 1 



sibte to bring the divided parts together, aiid 

 there will be less danger and pain from 

 drawing the bandage with more foxce for this 

 l)urpose. "W^anu water may still be used for 

 cleansing the wound; but when the iniiam- 

 mation is quite gone off, some stimulating- 

 liquids may be employed, but these are un- 

 necessary when the divided parts can be 

 brought into contact. When this cannot be 

 effected, or when there is a loss of substance, 

 the wound cannot heal without the formation 

 of new parts, and stimulants are often re- 

 quired to accelerate this pi^'ocess. At first, 

 the weaker preparations are to be used, such 

 as dilute spirit, or a weak solution of blue 

 vitriol: but when the healing process goes 

 on slowly, the matter becoming thin, and 

 loosing its white colour, the stronger stinmlants, 

 as tincture of Benzoin, or even oil of tur- 

 pentine, may be applied, and the constitution 

 invicrorated bv a nutritious diet, .such as malt 

 and oats, or carrots ; and when the discharoe 

 is very considerable and appears to weaken 

 the animal, this is more particularly ne- 

 cessary, ajul must be assisted by medicines 

 of the tonic kind, such as Peruvian bark, 

 Cascariiia, vitriolated iron, ^\\C\ sometimes 



