. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 324 THE AMERICAN FARMEk'S HORSE r>()OK. AVlieii a syringe is not to be had, small sponges made of cotton batting answer very well. They shonld never be used more than once, and then thrown away. The regular store sponge is a very £3 poor thing to wash a wound with, as it readily absorbs and retains dirt, and it is hardly ever clean. A bleeding vein or arterj' is to be caught KNOT FOR STOPPING BLEEDING •.! ^i p i t - i i i With the lorceps and ligatured, or tied \)\ Showing the
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 324 THE AMERICAN FARMEk'S HORSE r>()OK. AVlieii a syringe is not to be had, small sponges made of cotton batting answer very well. They shonld never be used more than once, and then thrown away. The regular store sponge is a very £3 poor thing to wash a wound with, as it readily absorbs and retains dirt, and it is hardly ever clean. A bleeding vein or arterj' is to be caught KNOT FOR STOPPING BLEEDING •.! ^i p i t - i i i With the lorceps and ligatured, or tied \)\ Showing the proper way to tie the i i i i. xi i ]-^Qt_ a properly made knot; the one shown in the annexed cut exhibits the proper mode of tying. Any oozing of blood from the capillaries may be stopped by pressure with a sponge wet with cold or hot water. Before sewing up a wound all the hair around the edges should l^e carefully clipped off, as it might retain matter, or ^jrevent healing by oettinoj between the edofes. IV. Sewing a "Wound. Sewing is always advisable in Avounds of any considerable extent, though it is well to leave an opening, by missing one or two stitches at the most dependent part, for the drainage of anv matter forming inside, and also that through it may be injected the antiseptic solutions recommended for cleansing wounds. The hair having been clipped off, and the wound carefully washed as alread}^ directed in Section III above, the edaes should be drawn tooether with the finirers, to act an idea of the best position for the sutures. In most parts of the body any loose fragments of skin had better be trimmed off. But not so around the eyelids, lips, nostrils or tongue; in these localities every particle of skin that by any chance can be saved should be saved. It is important to remember this, as these are parts that need all the skin they can get, and the removal of an}-, especially in case of the eye, may cause serious trouble. Wounds of even a serious natur
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