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and artery); fill a 'pail with 1-4,000 sol. bichlor.; a basin with 
the same ; fill the irrigator and hang in a suitable place ; lay 
out the iodoform, catgut, etc., etc.; wring out a towel in the 
bichlor. solution ; lay it on the table; scrub your hands and 
arms at the same time; cut off a suitable piece of gauze ; also 
cotton, and along with two bandages place all on the towel, 
and roll up ready for use—shoot anyone who touches them. 
Next decide whether or not to throw the animal, and act ac¬ 
cordingly. Clip the hair from the edges of the wound, lather 
and then shave' thoroughly for about one inch around the 
wound. Direct your attendant to spray frequently. Be sure 
to have plenty of the bichlor. solution on hand and use freely ; 
pick out with your forceps every particle of straw, hay, etc., 
etc., cut away all pieces of useless tissue, but be as conserva¬ 
tive as possible. If your hands touch any object not impreg¬ 
nated with bichlor, wash them in the pail. Take a sponge 
and thoroughly cleanse the wound, having the spray going all 
the time. If a sponge falls on the ground, do not use it again 
unless thoroughly rinsed in the pail and the basin. 
Whenever you are not using the instruments lay them in 
the carbolic solution. Now thread a needle with suitable cat¬ 
gut, and commence adaptation of parts, but not until the 
bleeding has entirely ceased. Lay the strands of swollen 
catgut in the wound to its depth, and take deep stitches, but 
do not tie until hemorrhage has ceased ; if the tissues are 
wide apart, aim them at each other; good results frequently 
follow. Remember to keep the spray going; don’t forget 
yourself and take hold of the tube, or if you do, wash your 
hands again in the bichlor. solution before touching the 
wound. I will suppose the wound is closed, your catgut 
drainage in position : powder the line of sutures with iodo¬ 
form, and if there is much loss of tissue, dust it into the 
recesses of the wound. Now take your strips of protective 
oiled-silk, first cutting a hole in it to allow the drainage cat¬ 
gut to be pulled through, and lay it over the wound ; open 
your towel, muss up the gauze, lay it lightly on the wound, 
then cotton and bandage lightly, but firmly. In order to keep 
the dressing in position, put on a plaster-of-paris bandage, 
