. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. CATTLE CATTLE 323 pons of cotton, tow or oakum may be packed tightly into a wound and held in place by bandages for twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Lfgation, when practicable, is an exceedingly successful method of stopping hemorrhage. It con- sists in grasping the bleeding vessel with the for- ceps and tying a clean cord or string tightly around it about one-half inch from the end, using all the antiseptic precautions given below. If the vessel cannot be picked up alone it may be necessary to pass the thread around a mass of t
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. CATTLE CATTLE 323 pons of cotton, tow or oakum may be packed tightly into a wound and held in place by bandages for twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Lfgation, when practicable, is an exceedingly successful method of stopping hemorrhage. It con- sists in grasping the bleeding vessel with the for- ceps and tying a clean cord or string tightly around it about one-half inch from the end, using all the antiseptic precautions given below. If the vessel cannot be picked up alone it may be necessary to pass the thread around a mass of tissue, including the bleeding vessel, to arrest the blood flow. Medicinal treatment of wounds.—Whenever an animal in a public place receives a wound, there is usually some one present who has a remedy of wonderful curative power for just that condi- tion. Many of these quack mixtures are harmful. Among these injurious agents may be mentioned cobwebs, wood ashes, tobacco, horse manure and various preparations of alcohol, turpentine, irrita- ting oils, and in some cases the direct application of pure spirits of salts (hydrochloric acid) or other of the mineral acids. Every wound, after the hemorrhage has been arrested, should have the hair in the immediate vicinity of the edges trimmed away and all foreign bodies and dirt particles carefully removed with clean fingers or forceps. It should then be washed with some antiseptic solution, as 5 per cent car- bolic acid or lysol, or ttjVcf bichlorid of mercury applied with a sponge or syringe. When necessary, the edges of the wound should be sewed together, following which, in fresh, uncomplicated wounds, a drying astringent antiseptic powder, as tannic acid, boric acid or iodoform, may be dusted over it. However, when it is badly lacerated and is befouled with dirt, as a kick wound, or when it is old and bacteria have gained entrance, producing suppuration and the discharge of pus, it will be better to leave the wound open and treat
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