. 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


. 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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