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Shoulo the rore not digen kinllly. bllt run a1hin wa·
ter and look palc. t'omcllI. as oflcn as you drds. wilh Ihe
aoove fomcnwion; anJ apply 01'", yOllr drdlillg Ihe
lI,on&.b~er pouhice. and conlinue Ih:s mClhud Idl Ihe
maner grows thick••nd Ihe fore florid o
The following ointments will genmlly anrwer your
expeélations in all COIll~lon caCes. and may be prepared
wilhout. as well as wilh. the verdegreaCe.
'r.1K &Venice turpentine ano bees·wax oC a pound.
oil of olim one pound and ~ half. yellow rolin
twelve ounces j when mehed togelher. twO or three
ounces of verdegrea(e. finely powd<red, may be
!lirred in, and kept (o till cold. tO prevent its (ub·
fiding.
T AKE of yellow baGlicon, or the above ointment.
wilhout verdigreare, four ounces; red precipitate,
finely powdered, half an ounce : mix them IOgelher
cold witb a knife or (patula.
This lan, applied early, will prevent a fungus. or
proud fldh. from Ihooung Out j for íf you dre(s too long
wilh Ihe above digellive. the fungus will rife fan, and
give (ome trouble to (uppre(s il j when it will be necee·
fary tO walh the (ore as often as yOIl dre(s. wilh a (olu·
lion of blue vitriol 10 water, or tO (prinkle it ",ilh bu rnt
alum and precipitate. If th~Ce Ihould nOI be powerful e·
nough, touch with walh wilh the fublimm wa·
ter, made by ddfolvlOg halE an ounce of corroGve (uoli.
mate in a pin! 01' lime·water.
But this trouble may in a great meaCure be prevented.
if the (ore is on a part where band.ges can be applied ",ilh
comprefles of linen c!oalh: for even when Iht(e excre(·
cences rcgerminate. as it ..ere under the kOl(e. and (p,in,g
upin (pile o( the caullies above mentioned. they are lObe
fubdued by 1ll0J, rate eomprellion made on Ihe (prouling
(¡b,es. by the(c means.
AUlhors on far,ier)' have given in gene,al very propcr
Jeeeipls lO an(wer everyinlention 01thiskind by medicines;
but as Ihey have not laid down (u/lieitnt ,ules ('JI thm
;¡pplieation in Ihole caCes where they are moH .v:doted,
lhe followiog general direélions will nOl be uoaeeepl.ble ;
lIS the difliculty in heallog (ome kinds o( (ores arles
frequeotly fromthe unfl,ilful maooer o( drelliog them.
Ir may be necefiúy Ihen to ob(erve here. once for all,
lhat Ihe cures o( mol! Cores are affe,'1ed by the Gmplell
method" and thdt it is o(len o( mueh more eon(equenee
10know how tO drefs a (ore. Ihanwhat to dre(s it \Vilh j
2nd iD this eoofins indeed Ihe ehief art of this braoch of
furgery; fo, the mol! emineor in thal pro(ellionhave long
tinee difeovered. that variely of ointmeots aod falves are
unnecdfary io Ihe cure o( mon wounds and (ores, and
!hey have aceordiogly di(c.rded Ihe greatefl parto for.
rnerly in repule (or that plI rpo(e j ,epealed obCervations
}¡aving taught them, thal a(ler the digenion, nature is
geoerally dlfpo(ed tO heal up Ihe waund faH enough her·
felf. and that Ihe furgeon's ehicf eare is to prevenI a
luxuriaoey. eommooly called praud flelh; whieh all oiot–
meOlS. whereio la,d or oil enters. are but too prone lO
. as I~ey kecp the fi brcs lOOlax and (upple ;
~nd wh,eh dry I,ot . Iooe, early applied, as eaGly pre.
"enll, by ils abforbiog q.uality, ano light eomprellioo 00
. he fprouting fib, es.
E R Y.
Thus. if a hollow wound or fore is cr¡mmeel with
tcnt$, or tile d,ellings are al'plied lOO hard, Ihe Icnde,
Ilcoots o( lI~fI, from Ihe bonomare prevented pulhlOn up'
and the r,lks of the (ore in lime from this dilleofioobma;
grow horoy, and turn fiflulous j nor has the mme, by
this method a (ree Mcharge.
00 the oliler hand, i( fores of .ny deplh are drelfed
fuperficlally, the eXlernal pam being more Mpo(,d to
he.1and come togelher than Ihe ioternal, Ihay wdl (all
into he.1toO (oon ; aod the (ore. nOI fillrng up
properly(ram the bonom. will break OUIafrelh.
Hence we may junly conceive how linle nreCs is to be
laid on famous o,olments. or fdmil y (al\'CS, unOIlI(ully
applicd; for unle(s this d"e mcdium is obCmed. or o~
talntd In Ihe dreOing. no hollow (ore ~an heal up pro.
perly. •
As (oon then as a good digenion is procu,ed (whieh i.
known b) the thiekndi and whitene(s of the mmer diC.
eharged. and the florid red eolour at Ihe bullom o( Ihe
fore) let the drellings be ehanged (or Ihe preeipilate me·
dicine j or Ihe fore m.y be filled up with d,y 1101 alooe,
or dlpped in lime'lYat~r wid, a linle honey and tin,'1ure
o( myrrh , o, brandy. abollt a Hlh pm o( the lamr tO
one o( Ihe former j a plcdget of lint dipp,d in thlsmix,
tllre Ihould al(o be applied lO Ihe bOllom of Ihe Co,e,
which Ihotlld b, filled up wilh others lO the (ur(ace or
edges, but not crammed in toO hard, as before obCemd,
nor yet applied too loolely.
By tlus me;hod. Ihe (ore \Vould inearo. or heal up
properly, and (o(t fpongy fl, II, would be prevenled, o,
(upprerred ,n time ; whereas when oinlOleols or falves are
too long eontintled, a fungus. or proud flelh. is the,:by
(o eocouraged in its growlh. that it requires (ume lime
tOdenroy and eat it down again: a proper eomprefs of
cloth. and a linen roller, is ab(oluttly necdf"y bOlh (al
this purpofe.aod 10 (eeu,e on the dre lOgS, where ever thq
can eooveniently be applied.
01 Wo uND'S in Ctnrra'.
1N all frelh wounds made by eutting innrumenls. time
is nothing mo,e requi,e.! than bringlog Ihe lips o( tbe
IVound iota eontdél by future or baod,.ge, prol'lded Ihe
part will al!ow of it j for on wounds o( Ihe hips. or o·
ther prominent pam. aAd acro(s (ome of the "rge muf·
cles. thelIitehes are apt 10 buril on the hor(~'s IyiogJOII Q
and riGng up in Ihe fla ll j in (ueh ca(es Ihe lipsIhould oot
be brough: cloCe togelhor: one Iliteh is futlieienr f~r a
\Vollnd t\VO inehes long; but in large woonds. theynloulcl
be .t an ineh or more dillanee' and i( the \Vound IS drrp
in the mu(cles. care Ihould be 'taken 10 p,(s the needle,
proportionably deep. othe,wife Ihe IVuuod will nOI umle
properly from the botlom. . .
ShaulJ the wound bleed much f,oman artery d,Vldtd,
tbe firlllrep Ihould be lO (ecure it, by palling a croohtJ
needle undcrneatb, and Iyiog il up \Vllh a waud Ihrc.J:
if lheartery cannot be gOtat Ihis \v'y. aprl~ ~ bUllon o( hnt
o, tow tothe mouth of the bleeding velfl'i. rllpp~J In aIIron~
folulion ofblue viII i\JI, nyplic Ifal~r. ull o( ,·itri~l. o, hOIOI
of turpentine, po\Vdered I'itriol, oc colcoll1.r, e •. aod.r~·
ruember always lO apply itclofe tO Ihe Olouth ofth~ blwhog
¡([ds,