80 ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT OF WOUNDS. 
a little iodoform ether (5 per cent.) was injected into the 
cavity. The wound healed within fourteen days without form- 
ing a conspicuous scar: the sutured part healed per primam 
intentionem, the other by granulations with a purely aseptic 
course. To prevent any infection during the healing, the horse 
was turned backwards in the stall, and the head was tied up 
high on both sides, so that the animal could not lie down nor 
lick the wound. 
SUPERFICIAL AND MUSCULAR WOUND OF THE PELVIS. 
A heavy Hanover draught horse, while stepping back, ran 
against an iron pillar, and thus received a flap wound of the 
gluteal muscles on the left side. Three lobes (flaps) were 
formed, and in the center of the wound a large piece about the 
size of a man’s fist was torn out of the senutendinon muscle, 
which was connected with the muscle with but a few connec- 
tive tissue bands. 
Treatment—After removing the piece of muscle and dis- 
infecting the vicinity of the wound and the wound itself by a 
I per cent. sublimate solution, the two side laps were sutured 
with an interrupted suture, while in the cavity which was 
formed by the removal of a portion of the muscle and also 
on the sutures, powdered iodoform sugar (5 per cent.) was 
thickly applied. A dry scab formed, under which the wound 
healed up without any reaction (formation of pus, swelling, 
etc.,) whatever. Whenever a moist spot appeared on the wound 
a thick layer of iodoform was put on to keep the scab con- 
tinuous. : 
LOBULATED CQNTUSED WOUND ON THE INNER SIDE 
OF THE KNEE JOINT OF THE HORSE, LAY- 
ING THE TIBIA BARE. 
A Hanover work horse was kicked by another horse under 
the belly, so that on the inside of the left knee joint a lobulated 
wound of the size of a large plate was formed, through the 
center of which the tibia was laid bare, exposing the periosteum 
in a spot the size of a twenty-five-cent piece. 
Treatment—After liberally rinsing out the wound with a 
