Wire-Cuts— Lacerated Injuries. 



Wire-cuts and similar injuries are serious only 

 when important structures such as the articulation, 

 tendons or other parts equally vital are involved. 

 Lacerations of the fleshy parts can be of very great 

 extent without producing serious results. Dangerous 

 infections in such wounds are exceedingly rare be- 

 cause the wound is usually open and gaping. 



In cattle such injuries are always to be sutured. 

 Healing is prompt and stitches hold. In the horse, 

 with few exceptions, suturing is a waste of time and 

 the open treatment is best. When tendons are 

 severed, it is of importance to consider the patient's 

 disposition before attempting to re-unite the ends by 

 suture. A colt with an intractable disposition will 

 not submit to applications for immobilizing a limb, 

 especially a hind limb, and without immobilization, 

 suture of a tendon is useless. In the end, and on the 

 average, just as good results come from the open treat- 

 ment even in such cases. 



With the following treatment ninety-nine per cent 

 of wire-cuts encountered in usual practice will heal 

 promptly with but little scar formation. 



Kalii Permanganatis C P - 3 iv 



Aquae Destillatae 5 viij 



M. Sig. — Apply two or three times daily 

 with a small brush, painting over the 

 wound repeatedly each time until the 

 tissue assumes a blackish color, 



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