GAIvI^ AND BRUISBS. I2g 



drops every two or three hours, and ounce doses of saltpeter twice or 

 three times a day, are also to be administered. 



When the symptoms of fever are abated, and if the discharges 

 from the wound are abundant, the strength of our patient must 

 be supported by good food and tonics. One of the best tonics is as fol- 

 lows : Powdered sulphate of iron, powdered gentian, and powdered gin- 

 ger, of each four ounces. Mix thoroughly and give a heaping table- 

 spoonful twice a day on the feed, or as a drench. 



Chafing by tlie Harness and Saddle or Collar Galls. Wounds 

 or abrasions of this description are very commonly met with during the 

 spring plowing, particularly in "new ground," or from ill-fitting saddles 

 or collars at any time of the year. Collars too large or too small are 

 equally productive of this trouble. In the spring of the year, when the 

 horse has been unused to steady work for some months, the skin is 

 tender and easilj' abraded. The horse, from being wintered on a scanty 

 allowance of grain, is soft, sweats easily; and if the collar and shoulders 

 are not properly attended to, chafing of the skin is almost sure to fol- 

 low. The harness should be repaired, cleaned, and oiled before using, 

 and the collar in particular should be thoroughly cleansed after every 

 days' use. The shoulders are to be frequently washed with cold water, 

 and afterward bathed with white-oak bark tea, alcohol, or other 

 astringents. Should ill-feeling or badly made harness or saddles gall 

 a horse, they must be refitted at once, or laid aside for other and 

 better ones. 



Treatment. The remedy for such abrasions is simple and effective 

 if the cause be removed without delay. The parts must be thoroughly 

 bathed in soapy water, allowing the lather to remain on the abraded 

 surface. There are many remedies for harness galls. Among them 

 may be mentioned alcohol, one pint, in which are well shaken the whites 

 of two. eggs, a solution of nitrate of silver, ten grains to the ounce of 

 water; sugar of lead or sulphate of zinc, twenty grains to an ounce of 

 water; carbolic acid, one part in fifteen parts of glycerine, and so on 

 almost without end. Any simple astringent wash or powder will 

 effect a cure provided the .sores are not irritated by friction. If the 

 animal must continue his work the harness must be padded or 

 chambered. 



I/acerated and Contused Wounds. These may be described 



together, although there is of course this difference, that in contused 

 wounds there is no break or laceration of the skin. Lacerated wounds, 



