498 WOUNDS. 
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ingredients. Each is stimulating, also disinfectant, and will counteract 
any filthy odor which may attend the sloughing process; but the lotion 
is perhaps to be preferred, as it is more easily applied. When the slough 
has taken place, should hemorrhage ensue, dash upon the part jug after 
jug of the coldest water; or, should no very cold water be at hand, drive 
upon the mouths of the vessels a current of wind from the nozzle of the 
bellows. Continue to do this till the bleeding ceases, or until a surgeon 
can be obtained to take up the arteries. 
The after-treatment is simple: apply frequently the solution of chlo- 
ride of zinc, one grain to an ounce of water; that lotion will cleanse the 
wound and prevent unpleasant smells. 
As respects feeding, this must be regulated by the character of the 
pulse. Should the beat of the artery be quick and feeble, no hay should 
be given; good, thick gruel should constitute the only drink excepting 
in extreme cases, when two pots of porter may be allowed each day. 
Good oats and old beans, both crushed and scalded, should then consti- 
tute the food, and the utmost gentleness should be exercised toward the 
animal. 
Should the pulse be natural, allow three feeds of oats each day, as, in 
every kind of injury to the horse, more danger is to be apprehended 
from debility than from any excess of energy. 
Incised wounds.— When these happen, always dash the part with plenty 
of cold water or blow upon them with the bellows. Place the horse in 
the nearest shed ; motion promotes hemorrhage, therefore a walk is not 
to be hazarded. The bleeding being arrested—for, in severe accidents 
of this kind, there is no time to send for assistance—let the animal 
remain perfectly quiet until the exposed surface has become almost dry, 
but on being touched by the finger feels sticky. Then draw the edges 
together, and keep them in that position by means of sutures. 
The best means of inserting these sutures is 
with a curved needle fixed into a handle. The 
handle is wanted to obtain the necessary power, 
and the needle’s point should be sharp to pen- 
etrate the hide of the horse, which in places 
is of considerable thickness. The needle is 
thrust through the integument about one inch 
and a half from one margin of the incision; it 
: is brought out about the same distance within 
FIXED SUTURE NEEDLE: VERY USE- the divided soft parts. It enters the opposite 
chiar perma,” side of the sundered flesh even with the place 
whence it came forth, and afterward it appears 
through the skin about equally distant from the opposite edge of the 
