in the Cure of Ulcers and Sores. 285 



completelv, and over this a defensntive plaster in the usual 

 way of epuiotic cerate on tow, with a compress and niode- 

 ratelv tight roller. Dressing once a dav is commonly suf- 

 ficient, that is, every motning ; hut if the sore" is large, 

 or whilst the discharge is copious, it is better to dress it 

 twice everv dav. 



^ If the discharge is considerahle, the stratum of drv lint 

 upon the sore may be thicker, that is, in all instances just 

 suiBcient to absorb or retain the discharge. 



It is not amiss, when the sore is become apparently fit 

 for dressing, to apply one or twcj poultices more, bavins; a 

 sinijle stratum of fine lint applied as .i hove, immedialei}' 

 under the poultice, and then proceed as befi.re incntioncd. 



The carrot poultice may be safely and efiicaciously ap- 

 plied to sores in a healthful, healing state ; but as sores 

 then require pressure bv bandage, and other management, 

 known to every experienced surgeon, it it best to stop the 

 use of it at this stage. 



Since the eflect of this carrot poultice is in a peculiar de- 

 gree to diminish as well as thicken the discharge of a sore, 

 it should never be used where an increased diseharcTc is re- 

 quired, from mischief being likely to arise bv penl-up mat- 

 ter ; as when any part becomes swollen or inflamed for 

 want of a free discharge at the sore, in that case a soft 

 emollient poultice and the practice usual in such cases must 

 be adopted *. 



The carrot poultice in this form is applicable to all other 

 species of sore, viz. venereal, cancerous, scrophulous, &c., 

 and will be found, with the aid of proper medicines, the 

 best application for the purpose of keeping the sores in 

 good condition, and heal'.ng such of them as are not in 

 their nature incurable. ^ 



The carrot poultice as above is a good application to ex- 

 coriations of the skin in any part, or from any cause or 

 disease where a thin disagreeable discharge occurs. 



• Cases of this kind in which alone its application h objectionable, cannot 

 be confounded with the dry, foul, or scorbutic ulcer, ia whiih the carrot 

 poultice by correcting the disease promotes a healthy ditcharjjc, and sepa- 

 ration of sloughs; nor with sloughs arising from various other causes, such 

 as somctimei occur in the course of the cure of gun-shot wounds, burns, &c., 

 in which it i» equally eflicacious. Unctuous applicatioi:s to sores of lar-^e 

 surface arc apt to produce superficial sloughs, which increase, or spread, 

 by continuing the use of such applications — this disposition not unfrequeiit- 

 ly occurs in extentive scalds. VVheie such sloughs, accompanied with in- 

 tensely inflamed edges, aie forming from this cause, it is truly astonishino- 

 to ol)"crvc the fffcct of this specific application in arresting the progress of 

 this disease, by the almost iunnediaic vanishing of the inflHmination, the 

 quick separation of the 'loughs, and the rapid progres;. of the sure to a 

 hcdltliy bciiling state. 



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