The diseases and disorders of The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep diseasesdisorderox00gres Year: 1889 620 THE DISEASES AND DISOEDEES OF THE OX. surfaces are brought into close contiguity from end to end. This method is not, as a rule, a good or safe method, and should only be employed when a small and unimportant wound must be hurriedly closed. When sewn together, wounds may be dressed with suitable antiseptic lotions. Perfect rest may be requisite, particularly when the wounds are situated in movable and important parts, and in some cases it
The diseases and disorders of The diseases and disorders of the ox, with some account of the diseases of the sheep diseasesdisorderox00gres Year: 1889 620 THE DISEASES AND DISOEDEES OF THE OX. surfaces are brought into close contiguity from end to end. This method is not, as a rule, a good or safe method, and should only be employed when a small and unimportant wound must be hurriedly closed. When sewn together, wounds may be dressed with suitable antiseptic lotions. Perfect rest may be requisite, particularly when the wounds are situated in movable and important parts, and in some cases it may be necessary to place the animal in slings, in order to prevent the recumbent posture being assumed. In the case of large wounds, and especially when they are lacerated, the many tailed bandage may often be serviceable. It Fig. 81.—Uxixtebrupted Sutdre. consists of two stout pieces of canvas or other suitable strong material, each piece being glued on to the skin, from which the hair has been clipped off, at one extremity, and been slit up into tails at the other. When the glued end is firmly fixed, the tails of the two sides are tied together, and thus the edges of the wound may with care be brought into close apposition. Quiet and liglit food must be enjoined in all cases of wounds, and suitable applications of an antiseptic character, such as the well-known and most valuable preparation called black-oil may sometimes be required in order to avert gangrene. Black-oil, as properly made, probably owes most of its wonderful utility to the disengagement of a little free dioxide of sulphur. It is exceedingly valuable in veterinary practice as an external appli- cation in certain cases, for instance, in sloughing and unhealthy- looking wounds, and also as an adjunct to that most valuable precaution against black-leg ami otiier disorders, known as
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