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lymtment. Support the strength hy good, generous feeding, and 

 give iron and gentian, each two to three drachms, once a day, re- 

 moving the animal to high and dry pasture. 



(4.) ASCABIDES. 



Cause. A bad habit of body, called cachexia and chlorosis. 



IVealmmt. Give iron, gentian and arsenious acid, in the follow- 

 ing manner : Powdered sulphate of iron, two drachms ; gentian 

 root, two drachms ; arsenic, five grains ; mix, and give in one dose 

 in mixed, cut or soft feed, twice or three times a week. 



Wounds. — They are divided into simple, incised, contused, 

 laf^erated, punctured r id poLoned. Wounds ^re more or less 

 dangerous w' en eiA ring t' e c'le t and belly, as are also poisoned 

 wounds, or those from e 01+ fa mad dog. (See Bites.) 



Wounds fo'l \/ed by ble ding will be found treated of under the 

 article on Bletc ng ^whi hi;. 



Contused, lacerate ! ind punAu. e" wounds are generally followed 

 by suppuration i^wnioh see), which should be encouraged by warm 

 poultices applied to the parts, a id snould be kept freely open to 

 allow the pus free ftscape. Wornds entering the belly or chest 

 should be treated by placing a pad over the part to exclude the 

 air, followed by the application used in simple wounds. Keep 

 down pain by giving twent" drops of the tincture of aconite root, 

 three times a day, for two days only. Poisoned wounds will be 

 found treated of under tiie article on Bite of Mad Dog (which see). 



Wourali. — A name given to a poison which is prepared by the 

 Macousi Indians, of South America, and used by them on the 

 points of their arrows. This poison has been advocated by some 

 in the treatment of locked-jaw in the horse, but in my experience 

 nothing favorable can be said of it as a cure for this terrible dis- 

 ease. The power of this poison is so great, that in four minutes 

 after an ox, of one thousand pounds weight, was pierced in each 

 thigh by an arrow poisoned with it, the poison took effect, and in 

 a few minutes more his head and legs ceased to move. In twenty 

 minutes from the time he was wounded, the ox was dead, having 

 appETently died without pain. 



Yellows. — Discoloration of parts of the skin from liver disease, 

 (See Liver.) 



Yellow Water. — (See Liver Diseases.) 



