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on the back unless the tongue has been brought forward and 

 secured. 



WOUNDS. 



Wash out all dirt or blood, bring the edges together with 

 strips of adhesive plaster, and cover over with dry lint and 

 light bandage. If large and gaping, apply one or more 

 stitches in addition to the above, and in wounds on the 

 scalp the hair should first be shaved off all round the part. 

 In punctured or gunshot wounds apply lint soaked in cold 

 water, and keep the patient on his injured side, and if the 

 wound throbs, or is hot and painful, apply frequently hot- 

 water dressing or a poultice. Ragged wounds are best 

 treated by applying simple cold water dressing and a light 

 bandage, but if there is much pain a light poultice or lint 

 soaked in warm water may be applied. Note, do not change 

 the dressings oftener than once in twenty-four hours. 



BRUISES. Rest, fomentations of hot water, or poppy 

 water, afterwards gentle friction with soap liniment or oil, 

 with or without camphor ; an onion or garlic poultice, or 

 cloths soaked in tincture of arnica, diluted with four parts of 

 water, will remove discoloration as well as pain. 



In severe cases, when the skin or tissues are torn apply 

 lint soaked in warm water, covering it over with oiled silk, 

 and changing this twice a day. Loose skin or other tissue 

 not falling off spontaneously may be removed by a pair of 

 scissors. If the part becomes inflamed, apply cloths soaked 

 in a lotion, composed of sugar of lead, half dram ; brandy, 

 one dessertspoonful ; and water, half a pint. 



If the wound looks dark-coloured, and discharges offensive 

 matter, apply poultices every three hours, made with linseed- 

 meal and charcoal, or grated carrots, or yeast (Indian toddy 

 fermented), and if insects (maggots) appear, dust over the 

 wound a powder composed of equal parts of calomel and 

 camphor. 



SPRAINS. Keep the limb at perfect rest, and apply cold 



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