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Show TREATING WOUNDS OF HORSE Lafl Injuries Are Rather Serious Matter, Mat-ter, Since They Are Likely to Leave Blemish. Bruised wounds do not require a great amount of attention, since they aro usunlly protected by the skin, and germs cannot find their way fn to cause much trouble. To keep down inflammation, inflam-mation, it helps to bathe tho skin with Applying Bandage Over Cotton Pad. a solution made by dissolving two tablespoonfuls of lead acetate in a quart of water. Leg wounds In horses are a rather serious matter, since they are likely to leave a blemish which will lower the value. It is important in treating them to secure a healing which will be so perfect that no one will suspect that a wound has ever been there. For such wounds one veterinarian suggests the following: Clean the wound with a wash composed of one tablespoonful of acetate of lead, one tablespoonful of sulphate of zinc, four tablespoonfuls tablespoon-fuls of tincture of arnica, and one quart of water. This wash should be used every hour or so the first day and three or four times daily thereafter. thereaft-er. The object is to keep the wound, while healing, lower than the surface of the skin. If it pushes up, bichloride bichlor-ide of mercury, as much as can be put on the surface of a dime, should be placed on the sore. It Is said that leg wounds thus treated will heal over, leaving no blemish. |