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Show WOUMDSOLHOHSES Animal Is Often Stung by Swarm of Insects. SINGLE STINGNOTDANGEfiOUS Nostrils May Be Closed as Result of Swelling and Possibly Cause Asphyxiation Treatment for Burns and Scalds. (Prepared by the L'nited States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) Poisoned wounds are the result of bites of snakes, rabid dogs, stings of bees, wasps, etc. A single sting is not langerous, but an animal is often stung by u swunu of insects, when the chief lunger occurs from the swelling produced. pro-duced. If stung about the head, the nostrils may be closed as a result of the swelling, causing labored breathing breath-ing and possibly asphyxiation. Intoxication Intoxi-cation may be produced by the absorption ab-sorption of this poison and is manifested manifest-ed by staggering gait, spreading of the legs, paralysis of the muscles, difficult respiration, and a rise of temperature. Death may follow in five to ten hours. Treatment. Douse the animal with cold water tnd apply an alkuline liquid, such as soapsuds, bicarbonate of soda, or weak solution of ammonia. Internally give alcohol, ether, or camphor to strengthen the heart. In case of bites by rattlesnakes, moccasin, or other poisonous poi-sonous snakes, a painful sweliing occurs oc-curs about the bitten part, which is followed by labored breathing, weak ness, retching, fever, and death from collapse. The animal usually recovers recov-ers if it can be kept alive over the third day. In treating the animal, a 'ight ligature should be passed about ihe part above the wound to keep the poiscn from entering the general cireu-ratioti. cireu-ratioti. W ish out the wound thoroughly thorough-ly with antiseptics and then apply a caustic, such as diver nitrate, or burn Tth a hot instrument. A subcutaneous subcutane-ous Injection of one-fourth dram of me per cent solution of chromic acid above the wound is also beneficial. Cold water may be applied to the wound to combat the inilammation. Bites of rabid dogs produce an infected in-fected wound, and the virus of rubies introduced in this manner should be removed or destroyed in the wound. Therefore produce considerable bleeding bleed-ing by incising the wound, wash out thoroughly with ten per cent solution if zinc chloride, and then apply caustics caus-tics or the actual cautery. Horses thus bitten should be maintained under strict observation for the possible development de-velopment of .-aides during a period of at least three months, and if the disease dis-ease appears, the horse should be killed immediately. Bums and Scalds. These wounds of domestic animals tre, fortunately, of rare occurrence; however, when they do occur, if at all' extensive, they prove to be quite troublesome trou-blesome and in many cases are fatal. They ave classified in three degree;? according to the severity of the btmi: First degree, where there is a sin. pie reddening of the skin; second sec-ond degree, whore there is a formation of vesicles, or blisters; third degree, where there is a complete destruction yf vitality of t:-.e tissues, such as would occur in charring from direct contact with lUimes or from escaping steam. Besides the burns caused by Ilames and steam, there are other causative agents, such as chemicals (caustic, alkalis al-kalis and acids), lightning stroke, and occasionally the broken trolley wires of electric railways. Wncn a large surface of the skin is burned or scalded, scald-ed, the animal (if it does not die at once from shock) will soon show signs of fever shivering, coldness of the extremities, weakness, restlessness, quick and feeble pulse, and labored' breathing. No matter which agent is n factor in the production of burns, the current Wmrge ppr i1P;H, nf tUe R.lm(, kind of stock for a season's pasturage. Or the estimated value of the return in Increased value of the stock or its products may be used for comparison. By this means the relative economy of pastures may be determined. |