I in 7] Of) Tfir; Tv(y,\\\\\o,\\\ of War WouruJs 1J> 



H|)iM'cH yon run oUrw iikikI niiil,l,crH by l»jiM<;iii^^ (tJm,l, in Uic^nil.ionulc 

 of liot/foiiicMfiifiotiH) !i, Uw^cv l)l()()(l Hii|t|)ly iJisil iikmmik iiion; lyiripli 

 jirid iiion; \('M(U)(:y{,i'H to Mic fociiH of infcoUoii ; iiiirl u^niiii yoii cAiii 

 ofl,('ii iimikI iiiiiILcih l>y iiii|)roviri^' (Jk; ()iinJil/y of Uwi lyrri|»li t/liut Ih 

 iJk; r;il,ioii;iJ(; of V}i.<;(;iii(; Uicnipy ; or, ii^'iiiii, you tiiiiy apply l»ot>li iJkjhc. 

 pi-oc(;(liii('H »;oiiciin'(;rilJy. I>ul- vvlicri you n,r(; dciiJiu*,' vvifli nti \i\\'('ci(M\ 

 «l<!i(| s|);u( yon (^iuiriof uioiid iniiM,«TH by fhftHc proocduntH. You rni^'lil/ 

 juHt, JiK vv(;ll ;ipply Ummu 1.0 n, tcHl^-fulMiful of infccfcd llui<l. VVImmv; 

 you lm,V(! irif(!of('(l dciid HpaccjH, your rciriudiul a^MMif Ih l-lw; l<nif<'. Von 

 iisiVf! fo ('V;uMj;i,(,(! your d<!;i(l Hpiicc jih I (;fri|)l/y tJiJH fcHlrfulxt. 



Now l,l)Jil, is IJk; vvIioIc puij»oH(; Jifid wwAUUWis, of fix; Hur<.nry of 

 iJk; wound UH ojiti'icd out, nl l\\(t froid;. Yon liiivf; l\u'\v, two ^nidin^ 

 prirMtipl(;H. I*lv(;ry inf(;<;f<;d dcnA Hp!U'<; tnuHf Ix; (Mjf down upon sirid 

 <'V;irnii,l,('d. Ami, jih a propliyln,(;l/i<; mttiiHun;, (!V(;ry Hpju;(; which 

 would, if left, to it,H(!lf, hcoouM! iiii itd"(;<;f(!d dcud H\m('At iJial, nicruns 

 <',vcry Hpiutc occupied by jui infected projc<'filc or pi(!ccH of infected 

 cloUiiti'; or ird'e(;te(| for(;i<i;n bodien or dcvifiiliHed itd'ected fiHHUCH — 

 nniHl, likewise be l;n'd ojXMi sind <;l(;ji,ried out. Th il, completes the 

 <'liHpter that rel;it<;H to buried infections. 



lint, it is only the lM;;j;irinin^^ of the; treatment of tin; wouimI. 

 There is still th(; HiU'liice inle(;tion. 'VUc, Hitujition you luive to l;iee 

 is juHt tlie sauK! iis that prodnci^d by emptyin*,' Jin infectcid tube : yon 

 hav(! <^i){j rid of tin; infected contents, you have left tlu; itd'ection on 

 the walis. 



I now turn to the problem as to how best to de;d wiiJi this 

 infection. And here n^^ain inevitjibly we must establish diHtin(;tioriH. 

 We must distinj.niish Ixttween the tuiJaul. lUsiw snrfdra made by th(! 

 act of the piojcrctile, or s(!(^tion with a knile, atid l-lie (irimiiJiilinn 

 ilrfni.HiiU' Hii.rftir.p,, which n,fter ii tiuK; <;lothes the miked tissues. In the 

 former w(; h;i.ve Ji, non-VM,s<;u|ji,i'ised sui'fiic(;, iirid in this a syst(;m of 

 lymph spii<:eH left without niccliii,tii<;:d or biolo;^M'cal protecHJon otiiei' 

 tlwin that rnrnished by the enii<i:r;ition of lencocytfts and (till that 

 stiinches) by the outllow of lymph. And the nid<ed tissu(; surfa(;(! is 

 not ordy ill deleiidcd ;iy;unst microbic sittnck, it is nJso pecidijiriy 

 Inible to d;ini;i'.'e :ind lo physiolo;(ical deterioniiiori of tin; kind which 

 (»peiis the door widei to such iin ;ittiick. Such ii, surbtce readily 

 dricH up ; ;ind divine; iiie;ins the closiiiL'' down of the (;;ipillitry 

 circiihition. Ai.';iin, ji ii;ike(| tissue siirfa(Mt, seeing- that il is non- 

 v;iscnl}irised, r(;jidily tiikes cold, )i.nd by that both lymph outllow ;i,nd 

 eiiiie-rjition are sirrested. And, lastly, a naked tissue sui'fiic(!, if kej)t 

 wet, will, so soon as tli(! (b'Hclnnyes become trypti(;, rciidily iinder«(o 

 erosive di^n;stion. Ae-ninst all tlnrsc; forms of physiolo<j^ic;i,| de<.n;iH.r 

 iitioii specijiJ provision slnndd iilways be iiiiuh;. 



A j^'iMiinliitine- Kiirface olfciis much ;^n'(')i,ter proldction ji|(ainBt 

 microbic iid'ection, and is much N^ss sid>j(!ct to dii.iii;t^''(;. 'I'Ih; tissues 

 ;ire cover<(| in by nuuiy layers of protctctive (tells, the lymph spaces 

 ;i,re sejded o\<r, and there liiis been hiid down imnH;di;ilely Ixdow tin* 



