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STANDARD CURE FOR SPRAINS SPRAINSTreatment Treatment for Such Ills of Great Age Followed in English Stables Here is tlie English treatment for horse sprains ui l Iliose of mail and woman too for that matter prescribed by a great English general and veter ¬ inary surgeon T Moullins many years ago but as efficacious today as then and generally followed in great stables stablesThe The treatment consists in wrapping the injured part in a roll of cottonwool two inches or three incites thick and over this applying a bandage a crepe bandage for choice As the bandage goes on add more wads of cottonwool Draw the band ¬ age really tight In the night you may wake and find you have not put in enough wool and that the bandage hurts considerably No matter if too sleepy and tired to bandage properly pull the whole thing off you are not likely to hurt the part while you arc asleep Apply the bandage before you turn out next morning morningAnd And the rationale of the treatment Simply this Tendons and ligaments which are the chief parts injured in most spnins are made up of fibers The sprain consists of the rupture of some of these fibers The pressure of the cottonwool and bandage keeps the torn ends together and so the healing process can begin at once onceThe The cottonwool is just as important as the bandage only more so If you cannot get cotton ¬ wool put in the best packing you can raise hay rags or any old thing but put in the cottonwool as soon as possible The packing puts the pressure on the injured parts and prevents the swelling which otherwise would ensue This swelling is due to the contents of the torn blood and lymph vessels being poured into the surrounding tissue with no arrange ¬ ment for carrying them away The evil of the swelling is that it keeps the ruptured fiber ends wide apart and so they cannot be healed by first intention as it is called This healing by first intention may be compared to splicing a broken rope If the broken ends are separated their heal ¬ ing by granulation lias to be effected This may be compared to tying in a weak piece of rope to join up a break as the granulated tissue is much weaker than the original Do not foment the part as the doctors often tell you to do That only encourages the swelling which increases the time of repair and the doctors bill billThe The bandage should be removed at least twice a day and the part rubbed towards the heart This nibbing increases the local circulation and so expe ¬ dites the repairs Badminton Magazine
