290 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



of carbolic acid or other antiseptic agent will further favoi 

 acUiesion if it can be applied without causing movement 

 of the lips of the wound. 



If the wound fails to heal by prompt adhesion, granula- 

 iloihs form, covered with a thin layer of pus, and these 

 gradually fill up the sore, leaving a scar. Or if the lips 

 of the wound are still kept together the granulations may 

 adliere (secondary adhesion), or finally small sores will 

 scab over and healing take place beneath. 



GraniLlating ivounds may be washed daily with a stream 

 of tepid water, after the three first days, and may be 

 covered with a simple dressing of tow saturated in water 

 or oil to which a Uttle carbolic acid has been added. 

 When necessarily left bare the same hquids may stiU be 

 applied. When the granulations become soft, flabby and 

 projecting (proud flesh) , touch lightly with a stick of lunar 

 caustic, and expose to dry air. When they become indo- 

 lent and when healing and contraction come to a stand-stUl, 

 apply gentle stimulants — tincture of myrrh and aloes, etc. 

 When the deeper parts of the lips of the wound do not 

 come in contact, pads may be applied on each side to keep 

 them in apposition. Granulating wounds usually heal by 

 contraction from their edges, and if this is arrested by ad- 

 hesion to bones and other firm parts beneath, further 

 healing may be impossible. In this and other cases of 

 tardy healing, the implanting of thin slices of scarfskin, 

 just cut witli a sharp instrument from other parts of the 

 integument, and their retention with strips of sticking 

 plaster, will usually hasten the process. 



Punctured wounds often heal promptly, and especially in 

 animals prone to primary adhesion, when cleansed, kept 

 at rest, with warm dressings and pressure on their deeper 

 parts. If inflammation occurs in the deeper parts with 

 suppuration, it may be necessary to enlarge the opening 

 to allow of a ready discharge, and to let it heal outward 

 by granulation. 



Bruised and twn wounds may be treated like punctured 



