CLEANSING A WOUND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20332, 13 August 1929, Page 14

CLEANSING A WOUND.

IMPORTANCE OF TREATMENT.

In cleaning a wound tho 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 ono it is often advisable to havo 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 pieces of clean cottonwool.

lictoc tearing the wool off the original roll, one- shoi;:d 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. First cover the wound with a pad of cotton wool wrung out in the lysol solution, and hold this in position, while tho rest of the surrounding skin is properly cleaned with the phenyle.

As soon as everything around about is clean tho pad ran be removed and thrown away, and the wound properly cleaned up with fresh pieces of cot ton-wool and lysol, at first using them moist, but finally using them wrung dry Once the wound area is dry it may be painted with tincture of iodine (painfull, or an antiseptic powder mav be used, tho most usoful being iodoform ono part and boracic acid four parts The wound should be covered with some kind of dressing to keep off flies, dust, and dirt.

In an old wound where nus 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 peroxido and four parts warm water. Septic wounds require frequent dressing and looking after, so that it undoubtedly pays to treat all wounds as soon as possible.