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Open Joints

Categories: Diseases and their Remedies

Opening of the joint generally results from accidents, from puncturing

with sharp substances, from kicks, blows, etc. These injuries cause

considerable nervous irritation in the system, and sometimes cause

lock-jaw and death.



Treatment.--Close up the wound as speedily as possible. The

firing-iron will sometimes answer the purpose very well. The author

depends more upon the application of collodion--as recommended in his

work upon "The Horse and His Diseases" for the same trouble--than upon

any other remedy. It requires care in its application, in order to make

it adhere firmly. Shoemakers'-wax, melted and applied, answers a very

good purpose.



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