486 * VETERINARY SURGICAL OPERATIONS 



procedure is recommended : Trim off all unviable shreds, 

 including dangling pieces of skin ; remove all dirt by washing 

 or by dissecting away the tissues containing it ; spray the 

 wound, after the bleeding has ceased, with a solution of io- 

 dine crystals in ether, — two drams to eight ounces, — and 

 then insufflate the surface liberally with iodoform. During 

 the first three to four days this medication is repeated three 

 to five times daily. Washing the wound is harmful ; but the 

 parts below it should be kept free from accumulations of 

 dried secretions by inunctions of vaseline and daily cleans- 

 ing with soap and water. The iodine spray and the iodo- 

 form are continued until a bed of granulations has formed; 

 then repeated applications of white lotion to control exuber- 



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Fig. 246 — Large Scar Supervening Barb-Wire Cut on Flexion of Hock. 



ant vegetations become necessary, and these should be con- 

 tinued until the scar formation is complete. 



When there is a synovial discharge of articular origin 

 the same treatment will answer, but in addition the whole 

 hock surface excepting the wound itself should be promptly 

 blistered at the beginning with a 'strong cantharides oint- 

 ment, one to four. Copious discharges of synovia from the 

 tendon sheaths must not, however, be mistaken for "articu- 

 lar" synovia. 



3. In the Pectoral Region.— These are sustained by run- 

 ning headlong against the uppermost wire of a too low 

 fense. An attack upon a horse in the neighboring pasture, 

 accidental contact at night, and defective vision are among 

 the circumstances attending the infliction of this variety of 

 "barb wire cuts." This wound usually consists of a more or 

 less extensive tearing of the skin. Sometimes only a small 



