You should check out the song Nesso by Heilung, maybe you've already heard it! It's inspired from an old healing spell that would draw worms out of horse's infections and feet, or venom from a snake bite. The song today is sung with the knowledge of modern science applied, so a desperate plead for a loved animal to survive a wound that we know they will not survive by singing this spell to them.

Just seemed to fit dead on with this painting