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of the large veffels are affeded. For moil 

 fuperficial wounds, or fimple lacerations, pro- 

 ceeding from what caufe fcever, may in gene- 

 ral be very foon made perfectly found, by a 

 iingle application of the tindlure or baljam be- 

 fore mentioned ; or equal parts of camphorated 

 fpirits and vinegar^ bandaging up properly, 

 and not opening for fome days, that the mouths 

 of the veffels may be fufficiently conftringed 

 and hardened before they are expofed to the 

 air; ufing every precaution to prevent a relax- 

 ation of the parts, by the admiffion of water 

 or applications of ointment. On the contrary, 

 fhould a flight dif charge come on, keep the 

 wound clean, and drefs with the digestive 

 in very fmall quantities till the cure is com- 

 plete. 



The fpirituous or reflringent applica- 

 tions, by \hciv Jlypticity, fo confcringe the 

 mouths of the fmaller veffels near the furface, 

 (ading in concert with the natural cement of 

 the blood), as to render, in many inftances, 

 the officious intriijioiis of aPvT totally unnecef- 

 fary : but this method of cure is frequently 

 rejeded as too eafy, and the falutary courfe of 

 Nature is often obftruded and perverted by 

 the SELF-SUFFICIENT fagacity of THOSE pro- 



ficients 



