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t'ened. In other instances, the puncture does not produce a 

 slough of this kind ; but intense inflammation of the finger, 

 hand, and, it may be, even of the fore-arm also, will follow, 

 attended by streaks of inflamed lymphatic vessels up to the 

 armpit, the glands of which will become enlarged and painful ; 

 purulent matter is often formed deep amongst the tendinous 

 structures of the hand or fingers, which are sometimes left in a 

 permanently contracted state. Erorn three weeks up to four 

 or five months will sometimes be requisite to repair the result 

 of a severe case of this kind. 



The wounded at Hoylake adopt a very primitive mode of 

 applying poultices immediately after the receipt of their 

 injuries. They eviscerate as many weevers as they can pro- 

 cure, wrap the intestines, liver, &c, up in a bag, into which 

 they plunge the crippled member. This they declare to be the 

 " sovereign' st thing alive ;" it is probable, however, that the 

 sweetness of revenge rather than relief urges them to this 

 prompt expedient. For lack of weevers they -sometimes use 

 a dismembered crab for the same purpose, breaking through 

 the shell and enveloping the wounded part in the natural 

 cataplasm which is thus furnished by his devoted viscera. 

 Many other unimportant so called remedies are summarily 

 used upon emergencies, and amongst others two rational ones 

 have crept in, viz., sucking the wound and applying a very tight 

 ligature above and around the injured part. When this is 

 done the pain is more local, nor does enlargement of the glands 

 of the armpit so generally ensue, though if it be neglected 

 they frequently become so in half an hour's time after the 

 receipt of the injury. 



It is said that punctures made by dead weevers are very 

 painful though I know not in what degree, neither have I been 

 able to ascertain how long after death such effect may follow. 



In considering the causes of the stinging facidty in the 

 Trachinus, we must first notice the opinion which has been 

 advanced I hat if has been produced by mechanical irritation 



