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WUU.NDy AM) liKUlSES. 



TREATMENT. — 11' the wound lie just above the heels, the chief 

 object will be to jireveiit luoisture getting ou the iiurt, which is S(j 

 akin to horn that the action of water on it would tend to decomiiose 

 it. liemove any jagged ends that may be present, as the fluid 

 resulting from their deromposition would irritate the wound; 

 and apply tincture of myri'h, tincture of arnica, or the carbolic 

 and camphor ajjplicatioii given on page 69. The spirit contained 

 in these agents, will, on evaporating, leave a resinous covering 

 which will exclude damp, and also stimulate and dry up the cut. 

 If tJjese applicati(jijs be not at hand, use u saturated solution of 

 camphor in turpentine, turpentine (p. 68), or ordinary si)irits. 

 The part should be kept dry and not washed. AVlien the over- 

 reach is just above tlie heels, the horn immediately below the 

 wound should lie pared thin, si;i as to allow it to expand to the 

 swelling which occurs in the injured parts. If tlie heels be much 

 Ijruised, the injury may lie bathed in warm water or jioulticcd for 

 a short time. 



OuLsidu \ie\\' of u\'ei" iLachin ' Ixjolb. 



If the coronet on one of the quarters of the fnot be wounded, 

 there will generally be separation of the horn of the hoof from the 

 coronet iinmediatelv below the injury, to the depth, perhaps, of 

 half an inch. In this ease, the whole of the sejiarated horn should 

 be removed, a,s in Fig. 'i6, by the " drawing knife," so that any 

 discharge from the wound may not collect in the recess thus 

 formed, and, also, that the edge of horn left, may not press upon 

 and irritate the wounded tissue, when, as a. coiisequeuee of 

 inflammation, it will have become swollen. In any case, it is 

 well to pare away the horn below the injured coronet. The 

 wound itself may be treated in the same manner as that described 

 in the preceding para.graph. 



When an over-reach ix on the heick tendons, the injury may lie 

 confined to the skin, fir may also involve the tendons them- 

 selves, more or less seriously, in whicli case the usefulness of the 

 animal may l:ie permanently impaired. Here treatment will be 

 that of a wound, with special attention to the preservation of 



