effected with safety on account of the patient's weakness or loss of 
blood, they must be suffered to remain in the wound and afterwards 
extracted when he is more able to bear it. ere 
An incised wounds, the divided parts should be broitght together 
as exactly opposite to each other as possible ; for parts recently di- 
- vided, will unite together, if kept in contact for a sufficient length of 
. time. To retain them in contact, bandages, adhesive plasters, or 
the needle and thread are necessary: Bandages, or adhesive plas- 
ters, may be used when the wounds are superficial ; but in all wounds. 
that penetrate to any depth, and when their edges can be drawn into 
contact, sutures or ligatures are necessary, to support the parts with 
certainty. . We should also support the parts as much as possible b 
the posture of the patient. _ When these are done, no other dress- 
ings are necessary than some soft lint, which, to exclude the air, 
1 be spread with some unctuous substance. . 
_ Inflammation, to a certain degree in incised wounds, is necessary 
to produce an adhesion of the sides: yet an excess of inflammation is 
productive of much harm. In open wounds the most effectual relief 
for this excess of inflammation, are poultices, as of carrots, onions, — 
bread and milk. In closed wounds, my “ anodyne wash” may be _ 
used to great advantage. But if, notwithstanding our endeavors, the 
pain and inflammation increase, the plasters and ligatures must be 
removed, and the cure attempted in the common way. a 
Generally, however, the cure goes on without any interruption of 
ther means of retention. In. 
should be seldom removed, unle 
In those wounds which 
when the edges cannot be 
stopped, and extraneous 
the most effectual assis 
‘the air; the. 
ed as seldom as is consistent 
some 
