. The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners. Horses. STITCHING WOUNDS continues a belladonna lotion may be applied to the sting. In serious cases, or if, unfortunately, the sting is in the mouth, which sometimes happens, professional service should be sent for at once, as a dangerous swelling, especially if the seat of injury is near or in the throat, is likely to appear very quickly, and it
. The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners. Horses. STITCHING WOUNDS continues a belladonna lotion may be applied to the sting. In serious cases, or if, unfortunately, the sting is in the mouth, which sometimes happens, professional service should be sent for at once, as a dangerous swelling, especially if the seat of injury is near or in the throat, is likely to appear very quickly, and it may become necessary to insert a tube in the windpipe. (See Tracheotomy.') Stitching Wounds.—Silver wire is a better material for use when wounds have to be stitched up than thread, as the latter is liable to cause inflammation and pus to form, and. Curved Needle, for stitching up wounds. the wire is easier to tighten or loosen as occasion may require after the operation has been performed. Should the wound be on a fleshy part of the body, it is better to try and close it by bandaging, as the weight of the flesh is apt to cause the stitches to tear through the skin. The best course to pursue when the edges of a comparatively slight wound have to be drawn together is to make each stitch or suture complete in itself. This is called an mterrupted suture, and consists of drawing each thread by means of a curved needle, and fix- ing each one independently of its neighbour. To do this the edges of the wound should be brought to as near their natural position as possible, and the point of the needle should be pushed gently through the skin at one side, across the wound, and out at the other side, when the wire should be knotted. Each stitch should be about one inch apart, and the needle should enter the skin on one 325. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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