er be. filt tinder ‘the fing nger, ands generally fpeaking, an abatement ofthe i a “it 
“may be opened either \ with a lancet or by means of caultic, The lait way in which 
an, inflammation terminates is in a gangrene or mortification, the approach of which 
may be known by the following fymptoms: The inflammation lofes its rednefs; and 
becomes dufkith or livid; the tenfion of the skin goes off, and it feels Aabby ; lie 
tle bladders filled with ichor of different colours {pread all over it ; the tamour fub- 
fides, and from a duskifh complexion becomes black; a quick igi pulfe, with cold 
clammy fweats, are the immediate forerunners of death, When thefe ‘fympeams 
firft appear, the part oughtto be dreffed with London treatle, or a cataplafin, mad¢ 
of lixivium and bran; fhould the fymptoms become worfe, the part mult’ be fcart- 
Ged, and afterwards dreffed with bafilicum foftened with oil of turpentine.” All 
the dreffings muft be applied warm. With regard to internal medicines, the patient. 
mutt be fupported with generous cordials, and the Peruvian bark exhibited in as 
= large doles as the ftomach will bear it. Ifthe mortified parts fhould feparate, the 
wound will become a common ulcer, and mutt be treated accordingly. This article 
includes the treatment of.all thofe difeafes, which, in different parts of the country, 
go by the names of biles, impofthumes, whitloes, &c. T hey are all abfceffes in con- 
fequence of a previous inflammation, which, if poffible, ought to be difcuffed, ‘but, 
when this cannot be done, the fuppuration fhould be promoted, and the matter dif- 
charged by an incifion, if neceffary ; afterwards the mS may be drefied with i yellow 
scianiogs or fome other digeftive ointment. 
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“Or WwW O UN D Ss. i é : i a $r4-quisi EY ‘ 
NO SAS mS ss Has been, mote ‘oulkaben than the treatment. or “cure c of 
wounds. It is however a fact; that no external application .whatever contributes 
towards the cure of a wound,-any other way than by keeping ;the parts foft,, clean, 
and defending them fromthe external air, which may be as effectually done; by dry 
lint as by. the moft pompous applications, while itis exempt from many_of the bad 
ice: _ attending them. The fame obfervation holds with refpect to inter 
li s. -‘Thefe only promote the cure. of, wounds . as far as they. tend | to 
woes , Or to remove any caufe that: -might obftruct. or impede. the, ,Operan 
: ‘ature. ' It is nature alone that cures wounds s all that art can do is. to-re- 
oftacle , and to put the rei — a condisiomet is he mott, foronable 43 
nature’S efforts) ed 
CURE, ~The Sift thing to be Jone ia deri: re acsaek eu, to 
examine whether any foreign body be lodged j in it, as wood, ftone, iron, lead, glass, 
dirt, bits of cloth, or the like. Thefe, if poffible, ought to be extracted, and the 
= wound cleaned, before any dreflings be applied. ‘When that cannot be effected 
with 
