The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-03
FARM MANAGEMENT.
How to Treat Wounds In Farm ANNALS
Suggestions on Raising Oak Trees
from Seed-General Industrial
Miscellany.
Wounds In Animals.

e Wounds In Animals.
"a There are two principal methods
"a writes an English veterinary surgeon
. by which wounds are repaired. TIL
: first of these, and the more favorabl
OF the two, is the method termed b.
surgeons healing by the first intention
: Under favorable circumstances thi
J takes place in an incised wound whel
the surfaces are brought carefully to
gether and maintained in close con
tact after bleeding has ceased. The
two surfaces then become cemented
3 together by the formation of a thin in
: termediate layer of new tissue The
other principal mode of repair is heal
+ ing by the second intention. That is
, what takes place in large 1ncised
wounds when the cut surfaces can not
be brought and maintained in opposi-
ton, and it is the invariable method
OF repair in punctured and lacerated
wounds. Here the gan in the texture
becomes filled up by the growth of new
material taking place from the bottom
OF the wound, while new skin grows
lnwards from the edge of the wound.
Inns skin, however, is not exactly
similar to the natural healthy skin
from which it extends, being thinner,
more delicate, and without any hair.
a third and much rarer process of
heallng in wounds IS what is termed
immediate union. In this it is said.
the divided surfaces being brought
INTO accurate contact unite without
the intermediate growth of any new
texture. 1t is questionable if such is
really the case, but it is certain that
sometimes in small wounds the cut
surfaces when placed together unite
SO speedily and exactly that no scar is
lett. In an inoised wound treatment
IN the first instance should be directed
toward favoring union by the first in
tentlon. The essentials for this |
area sound constitution on the
part OF the animal, accurate
and close contact with the divided
surface, and the absence of infiamma-
ton in the wound. Without mans
interference this process would sell
dom or never ensue in the lower ami
mails, for in all wounds except the
smallest the cut surfaces cape apart
unless some means be adopted to Keep
them together. The means common
ly adopted by surgeons for this pur-
pose are the application of strips of
plaster across the surface OF the
wound, or the passing of sutures
through its edge. In adopting the
former plan, few strips, according
to the length of the wound, should be .
applied at intervals; but the entire i
surface should never be entirely COW
cred by the plaster. The surfaces.
moreover, should not be brought to- &
gether until bleeding has been arrest {
ed, for should a clot of blood be eff |
used into the wound it would prevent a
healing by this method. Sutures are t
simply stitches used to tie or sew the t
,dges OF surface of wound together. h
They are used of various materials, n
UGH as thread. horsehair, cat-gut, and Il
wire. Nothing further need be said O
bout the application of these, since a
nelr insertion into wound should e.
4lways be left to veterinary surgeon. a
n punctured or a confused or LAGER 81
ted wound, where the surfaced can
lot be maintained together, or where n
Inflammation ensues in such a wound, Ell
hen the treatment must be that favor D
BILE to healing by the second inten- b.
ion. Inflammation, shown by redness, IL
and great tenderness of the a.
oges of the wound, should be COM 81
atted by assiduous bathing with hot So
1aler. In confused and lacerated b
FOUND. such as ''broken knees" par tt
cles of sand and other foreign mat
er must be carefully and lightly G,
ponged from the surface; in punct- n,
red wounds, or stabs, it must be made al
ertain that nothing remains in the es
uttom of the wound; and in all class re-
OF wounds healing in this way pro- CT
lslon must be made to allow the dis of
barge from the wound ready es- az
ipe. ri
With the last object it is often neces-
Try, in punctured wound, to en- 4,
rye the opening, or to make what is Ia
Tiled ''counter-opening"- that is. ar
lie running from the surface upward III
the deepest part of the wound The E1
ecessity for a free escape from n(
wound is seen in the case of h,
pricks" of the feet These are gen. ot
ally simple in their effects if the ln
act of the nail be carefully followed
I'd enlarged; but if not, the nail-hole nj
apt to become INSTRUCTED, and bbo
owe insufficient for the escape of the No
scharge from the wound In that 81
sc the discharge accumulates within ao
e hoof, and gradually forces It's way M
ward the surface, in the direction of ~;
asst resistance, and hence ceases to ~
lrst out at the top of the boof. In
wounds union is promoted by put A,
~ the part at rest. In the case of n,
oh large animals as the horse this is &c,
ways extremely difficult, and some ;so
mes it may be necessary to put the Ed
imal IN sings. o.
Healthy wounds are seldom much re,
neiitted by the application of lotions -
ointments. When the wound is of ~.
lall size it is best to leave it uncov- on
ed; and if it be in summer it may be tre
reared with zinc ointment, or with in,
rty parts of olive oil to one of car dr.
lie acid. In large wounds the sur tai
&c should be lightly covered with a
9TH kept wet with solution of car IT,
lie acid in forty parts of water. ~.
hen wound shows what is called ois
roud flesh" it should be rubbed over W., wv
IFS most prominpnt mart with qtl1- hO