WOUNDS. 
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WOUNDS. 
In treating of this part of our subject, we shall confine 
our observations chiefly to wounds of a simple nature, for 
this reason, that when cattle are injured in the internal 
parts, which requires a long and tedious attention, it will 
be better at once to kill the animal, because the trouble 
and expense will counterbalance the profit of a tedious 
recovery. The flesh of cattle which have received severe 
wounds, if the animal be immediately destroyed, is perfectly 
wholesome. Besides, in the attempt to cure severe wounds, 
there is always a risk of the animal's dying, under the best 
devised treatment. 
In the cure of wounds much depends on their situation, 
and the form of the instrument by which they were inflicted. 
A cut from a sharp instrument is very easily healed; all that 
is required being to bring the edges of the wound together, 
and keep them in contact by means of a slip of adhesive 
plaster. But if they are in situations where the plaster is 
not likely to remain on, in consequence of the action of the 
muscles or otherwise, a few stitches with strong thread or 
fine twine will have the same effect; and when it is found 
that adhesion of the parts has taken place, the string must 
be cut away, and the needle-holes will quickly fill up. Or 
the wound may be kept together by means of a pin or two, 
with thread twisted crossways round them, which can be 
drawn out after the part has healed. Care must be taken 
that the wounds are rendered perfectly clean before theii 
edges are brought together. But in fresh wounds, the use 
of stimulants as a wash, is to be carefully avoided, all 
