. The horse and his diseases;. becarried awry. This being done, pieces of tow must be intro-duced deeply into each incision, and confined, but not tootightly, by a bandage. A very profuse bleeding only willjustify any tightness of bandage, and the ill consequences thathave resulted from nicking are mainly attributable to the un-necessary force that is used in confining these pledgets oftow. Even if the bleeding, immediately after the operation, NICKING. 123 should have been very great, the roller must be loosened in twoor three hours, otherwise swelling and inflammation, and evendeath, may pos
. The horse and his diseases;. becarried awry. This being done, pieces of tow must be intro-duced deeply into each incision, and confined, but not tootightly, by a bandage. A very profuse bleeding only willjustify any tightness of bandage, and the ill consequences thathave resulted from nicking are mainly attributable to the un-necessary force that is used in confining these pledgets oftow. Even if the bleeding, immediately after the operation, NICKING. 123 should have been very great, the roller must be loosened in twoor three hours, otherwise swelling and inflammation, and evendeath, may possibly ensue. Twenty-four hours after the ope-ration, the bandage must be quite removed ; and then all thatis necessary, so far as the healing of the incisions is concerned,is to keep them clean. The wounds must remain open; and this can only be accom-plished by forci-bly keeping thetail curved backduring two orthree weeks. Forthis purpose, acord, one or twofeet in length, isaffixed to the endof the hair, whichterminates in an-. THE USUAL METHOD. other divided cord, each division going over a pulley on eachside of the back of the stall. A weight is hung at each ex-tremity, sufficient to keep the incisions properly open, andregulated by the degree in which this is wished to be accom-plished. The animal will thus be retained in an uneasy posi-tion, although, after the first two or three days, probably notof acute pain. It is barbarous to increase this uneasiness orpain by affixing too great a weight to the cords; for it shouldbe remembered that the proper elevated curve is given to thetail, not by the weights keeping it in a certain position for aconsiderable time, but by the depth of the first incisions, andthe degree in which the wounds are kept open. 124 NICKING. The dock should not, for the first three or four days, bebrought higher than the back. Dangerous irritation and in-flammation would probably otherwise be produced. It may,after that, be gradually raised to an elevation
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