464 SUPPLEMENT. 



the inflammation has been hy thefe means pro- 

 moted, and Nature too much exhaufted to 

 admit the leaft reUef, 



THORN WOUNDS. 



Notwithstanding the general explana- 

 tion of the different kinds of wounds, and their 

 diftindl modes of treatment, fo fully enlarged 

 on, under proper heads in the Stable Direc- 

 tory, there is a certain clafs not particularly 

 noticed, that from their feverity, bear fo great 

 an affinity to cafes of punftured tendons, as to 

 become (at the requeft of many refpedlahle 

 correfpondents) the immediate fubjed of ani- 

 madverfion. 



The inflammation, tenfion, pain, fuppu- 

 ration, and wounds, freepently arifmg from 

 injuries fuftained by thorns, nails, itubs, or 

 other pointed fubftances equally prejudicial, 

 are univerfally known to become not only 



exceed- 



