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with a brush and curry comb. The blistered surface 

 should be dressed with oil, sweet lard, or vaseline after 

 the removal of the blistering agent. 



Bandaging in the stockman's patients is more frequently 

 performed on the limbs than elsewhere, one reason being 

 that the size and difficulty of retention on other parts of 

 our patients renders a bandage useless. Bandages are 

 used to hold parts together as in fractures (breaks) or 

 wounds, to give pressure and support in sprains and 

 filled or swelled legs, during training; to equalize the 

 circulation (in chill, etc.) and to hold dressings in place; 

 for such purposes three kinds are used: 1. The stiffened 

 bandage, made so by the application of starch or plaster 

 of paris. 2. The flannel or cotton bandage. 3. The 

 cotton batting bandage. 



The stiff bandage is made from cotton torn in strips 

 which are thoroughly impregnated with the stiffening 

 material, the strips should be about two inches wide and 

 three feet long, splints of tin, one inch wide may be 

 used in addition — bound in with the bandage in fact. 



The flannel bandage should be about eight feet long 

 and four inches wide; red flannel is preferable. To be 

 ready for use the bandage should be rolled with the 

 tapes inside. The bandage is unrolled about eight inches 

 and placed obliquely across the outside of the leg close 

 to the knee, reaching about the center of the joint, the 

 rolled part being turned outward, downward and for- 

 ward, continuing down to the fetlock, and around it and 

 brought back by winding close to the knee, the loose end 

 is turned down, the folds of the bandage carried over it, 

 the tapes being tied about the middle of the cannon bone. 



