Treating Stock Wounds

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7170, 18 March 1930, Page 9

Treating Stock Wounds

CLEANLINESS ESSENTIAL. Ia cleansing a wound the first treatment. is the most important, especially if the animal is attended to immediately after the accident, as proper care and attention then will prevent the wound 'becoming septic or festering. If it is a large one it is often advisable to have two lots of solution, a bucket containing weak, hot phenyle solution, with a sponge or clean rag, and another with hot lysol solution, and in it clean pieces of cotton wool. Before tearing tko wool from the original roll one should make sure that one’s own hands have been thoroughly scrubbed with hot water and soap, and then soaked for a few minutes in the lysol solution. ITirst cover the wound with a pad of cotton wool wrung out in the lysol solution, and hold this in position while the rest of the surrounding skin is properly cleaned with phenyle. As soon as everything is clean the pad can be removed and thrown aWny, and the wound properly cleaned up with fresh pieces of cotton wool and lysol, at first using moist, but finally using them wrung dry.

Once the wound aiea is dry it may be painted with tincture of iodine, or an antiseptic powder may bo used, the most useful being iodoform, one part, end boraeie acid, four parts. The wound should be covered tfitk some kind of dressing to keep off flies, dust and dirt.

If an old wound, where pus is present, the wound will require free drainage and syringing with lotions. First use a hot lysol solution, and when well washed with this, use a solution of one part hydrogen peroxide and four parts of warm -water. Septic wounds require frequent dressings and looking after, so that it undoubtedly pays to treat all wounds as soon as possible.