in the Cure of Ulcers end Sores. gsj 



tioned. In every one of these cases the carrot ponl'.ice.ha-. 

 been the iinmediate and constant resource, and wiih thi 

 jcompletest success *. 



As the efiicacy oF carrot poultice in different sorei?, and 

 the filtest mode of its application, have, occasionally, ever 

 since its adoption, engaged my particular attention, viz., 

 for a period oF nearly ten years, I am now enabled to speak 

 more confidently, aiid with greater precision on the subject, 

 and shall therefore give a more .pan iciilar detail of cverv 

 circumstance relative to it ; prtmisiiig in addition to what 

 I have before said respecting that luorbid disposition of a 

 sore which requires this remedy, that it is ccnTimordy pre- 

 ceded by a more than usual disposition in the sore to bleecl 

 on the slightest touch or motion, and verv quickly after 

 this appearance the diseased state alluded to follows. 



The carrots are now cut in thin transverse slices (instead 

 of beinff split) for boiling, and the j)oultice when readv, 

 observing to have it as moist as it will admit of witliout the 

 inconvenience of its running about, instead of beina; spread 

 on the cloth, is applied wherever the situation of the part 

 will allow, by laying it 011 in portions with the hand, till- 

 ing up first the cavities lightly, and then laving a coating 

 of it about the thickncs or rather more tli^n thht of an or- 

 dinary poultice, over the whole suil'ace of the sore, and 

 consid'-rably beyond the edges of the sore ; pressing it close, 

 smooth, and of an uniform thickness, quite to the'edjje of 

 the poultice ; otherwise it v.ill become dry at the edi>e, and 

 occasion some inconvenience in removing, by its adhesioi^. 



'i he cloth or fine liiien is then to be ap])!i«l and pinned 

 tight over it ; and a short roller 'may be used in order to 

 keep the poultice uniformly close, and prcvetit it from bcirn'- 

 displaced f. y 



The more recently the c.^.rrot poultice has been boikd 

 and prepared the fitter i^ is for use, therefore it is bist v.lien 

 prepared innnediately before using. But as the process of 

 boiling the carrots suflicienlly requires some time, enouiji 

 may be made at once for two or thrie da\s consuni])li(m, 

 but not longer, particularly in hot weather, when indeed 

 it should be prepared daily; and when it is necessary to 



* LRTjre woiiruls and ulcers noi nnfreqiicntlv ncqn're an ill-c'mclitiiinrd 

 .-i.-.te, nocwiihoi.-ii.dini; ilu-ipust ''Wll'ii! applk-iiliiin df :idl;i"!;ivt; Dlaster, rc- 

 qiiiriiig a auspciikioii <it th;.: nuick- ol piMctito iora i'mtc. 

 , t.('^'"' method licre dt'Sv.-! ibccl of applyinfj thi- peiuiiice was found con- 

 yciiiciu in very Uirge •s.iics with irirgiilar suifMOp; but in p-enirai it mav h» 

 applied in the iihii.ii way npiead on cloili, obsei-Vin;; that iht- fresli poiiliiea 

 J>f ready tubcuppiicd immcdiiuly c;ii llic removal oi 'Ik' old o. •■. 



