The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-07
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How to Treat h.WOunds.

How to Treat Flesh. Wounds.
Every person who has the care of horse,
COW, OK, or mule, should understand exact
ly what he can do to save the life of his
beast, should flesh wound be made when
far away from professional veterinarian.
A valuable horse is frequently gored by an
ugly bull or OK, and colts are liable to have
the horn Of Il spiteful COW thrust into the
side or the buttocks. There are thous-
and ways in which team may be fearfully
wounded when at work !; and in many in
stances a beast would bleed to death long
before veterinarian could be called.
We will suppose for example, that an
ill-natured COW has thurst horn into the
abdomen of colt, so that the intestines
begin to protrude. Let them be washed
clean and be forced back as soon as posi-
BILE. 1t may be necessary to lay the animal
down on one side, and lash the hind feet
to the fore feet. Should the wound be so
large that one person cannot keep the in
testines in, until needle and strong
thread can be procured. snatch a few long
hairs from the animals tail, employ the
small blade of knife to make holes through
the skin, and tie up the wound temporarily;
then, procure large needle and strong
thread, which should be thoroughly waxed,
and close the wound with separate stitches,
half an inch apart. Every person who
keeps domestic animals should have a
small leather or paper punch, such as rail
car conductors use for punching holes in
tickets, with which to make holes through
the skin. With such punch, one can
make hole so quickly that an animal will
scarcely feel it, while it is always difficult
to crowd round needle through. A sad
dlers or glovers needle, having triangu
lar point, will be found far more effective
than round needle. After the wound is
properly closed, melt piece Of pitch or
common resin, as large as hens egg,
with an equal bulk of linseed oil, which
will make very adhesive wax, or salve,
that will not irritate the skin, spread the
wax on piece of sheetihg, say one-eighth
of an inch thick, shave off the hair near
the wound, and press the plaster on while
it as hot as it can be handled.
Again we will suppose that horse or an
OK has run snag into his shoulder, and
piece of the wood is broken off several
inches up in the flesh. The wound will
never heal until the silver is removed. If
the piece cannot be reached with pliers, it
may be necessary to make the wound long
er, in which case, let punch, needle and
thread be in readiness, so that the entire
wound may be neatly sewed up as soon as
practicable.
Should the blood flow freeley before a
needle and thread can be procured, hold a
small piece of fiat stone, a smooth block
or even the square end of a nail firmly
against the wound. and press it SO hard
that the blood cannot escape; and after the
wound is completely sewed up. if blood
continues to flow. lay on lint, then let
some person press small piece of board
against the wound for half a day, if it
seems necessary.
A little bare-footed son of the writer
once stepped on the cutting edge of a grass
scythe and cut the foot SO nearly in two
that the parts hung only by a piece of skin
on the upper side of the foot, as broad as
a persons two fingers. The father and
surgeon were more than two miles away,
and there was no man on the farm. But
the mother of the lad had sufficient nerve
and presence of mind, when she saw the
blood flowing rapidly, to take the lad in
her lap, return the partially severed por-
tion of the foot to its proper place, press
the parts together and hold them so firmly
for more than one hour, that blood could
not escape. Many persons never have con-
sidered that profuse bleeding can be entire
ly stopped by mechanical pressure. The
wound in the foot was sewed up firmly by
taking fourteen stitches; and the foot of
the now young man, is only trif1e crooked.
Every family should gather a supply Of
puff bolls, which are always excellent
when laid on a wound to arrest the profuse
flow of blood. In many instances, one
can place his hand OH a wound. even when
an artery has been ruptured and press so
firmly as to stop the bleeding entirely. In
case an artery should be ruptured in the
limb of a horse or COW, should the wound
be small, bind on large puff boil, Or lint
then wrap a piece of thin wet leather
around the bandage and tie the whole so
tightly that blood cannot escape. Nature
will soon close the issue when the rapid
current is checked.