WOUNDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 133, 5 June 1914, Page 11

WOUNDS.

AND HOW TO TREAT THEM. Accidents are constantly occurring among live stock, and the impossibility of getting veterinary a_ustance forces a fanner to be hits own surgeon.

lAVounc— are of four kinds: cleaneut. torn, bruised, and punctured. A clean-cut wound, lengthwise, of the muscle, is the easiest to manage. First we see how deep it is. and that there is no foreign substance in it. then 6top the bleeding by applying hot or cold water. If a large artery has been cut. tie it. Put a teaspoonful of carbolic acid into a quart of water, and let a little run over Ure cut surface. If the wound is not deep the edges of it can be drawn together, by either silk thread or catgut steeped in the above solution. If. however, the wound ii across the muscle, or an inch or more in depth, do not stitch, because the cut ends will move below the stitch—>.

Torn wounds should have the bleeding shopped as above-mentioned, and then cleaned by tatting water run over them. Do not try to few them up. If the wound assumes an unhealthy appearance, use acetate of lead. £oz. sulphat's of zinc, ioz, carbolic acid, one drachm, and water, one quart. Clean wound with water, and apply this lotion twice a day.

Punctured wounds are the worst of ail. becai—v they are -liaible to have foreign substances, such as hair and pieces of wool within, causing inflammation, mortification, and death. Probe the part to And the depth and direction of the wound, see if there is any foreign substance in it and remove it. Clean t as well as possible, then dip a piece of soft mil— in in a solution of carbolic acid, three dra—i—b; water. 40/„: press this to the bottom of the wound, let it remain r. few hours, drawit out. and put in a fresh one. and do this three times a day. 'When it begins to matter the danger is passed. Clean it out twice a day and inject a little of tho carbolic acid lotion u~cd for cut wounds.

Bruised wounds, if bathed ■with acetate of lead, io/.; water. 1 quart: several times a day. will not inflame. Sometimes matter will collect, and the parts swell up and be soft and .puffy. In this case open it, and inject a little of the following twice a day: zinc chloride. 2 drachms; water. 1 quart. It it leaves a -thickening rub with the following every second week:—Biniodide of mercury'- 1 drachm; lard, Hoz.

For old* unhealthy sores, such as are made by constant rubbing ond will not heai, remove the caus.. and apply a little perchloride of nntimony with a feather. In three days a scab will come off, and if it looks soft and spongy, apply a little more of the antimony ev.rv three days until the part becomes health v. Then use zinc oxide, loz: lard. 2oz, rubbing on a little once daily. When the'bruises are below the knee, in what .is called the low order of tissue, more care will be required. Usually a low form of inflammation sets in, a yellowish discharge begins, and the surrounding oarts swell and become hard, the centre 'of tire wound fillß up. causing a bad blemish. c The first thing to do in case of a barbed-wire cut on these parte is to put the animal where it can be kept quiet. 'Bathe the leg; every half-hour for the first 24 hours 'with a lotion made of acetate of lead. Joz.: sulphate of zinc. Aoz: tincture of arnica, 2oz; water. 1 quart. After the first 24 hours .bathe it three times a day. If it tils up hio-her than the skin apply a little bichloride of mercury with a smooth piece of stick, but do not use more at a time than will lie on a sixpence, as there is danger of the poison being absorbed. If the animal is fevered, or its logs swell from standing, give the adult horse half an ounce of nitrate of potassium three times a day in drinking water, or a bran mash, for a few days, and giv. half this quantity to a yearling. If m ,vi unthrifty condition give the tol-fowing:-Snip-ate of iron. 4o„: mis vomica. 20-; mix and divide into 24 dose . one to be given twice a day 111 0 mash, halt the quantity for a yearling.

Mr \ \\~. Martin, rupture specialist and'sole controller of Dr. J. A. Sherman's method of treating rupture ,« „,nv at the Rural Hotel. \ Jctoriu .ucklund. and may be consulted free up to Monday, the loth. A free booklet is sent to any sufferer.-l Ad.l For Children-* Hacking CoOgS at "!*»<• - foods' Gr_it repnermint Cure, 1/6, *_