472 SUPPLEMENT. 



an immediate feparation with the biftory, or 

 differing knife and direBory is the beft prac- 

 tice, as the divided parts foon flough off with 

 the drefTmgs, and make way for fucceeding 

 incarnation. 



Should y?«^j lead to remote parts, or fo 

 furround the joints as to forbid (or render 

 dangerous) the ufe of an inftrument, let them 

 be daily fyringed with tincture of myrrh, fo 

 long as the wound continues foul and unfavour- 

 able j when it is thoroughly cleanfed, and 

 affumes a promifing afped:, let the injedlion 

 be altered to half tindure and half warm 

 water, continuing its ufe at each dreffing, which 

 fhould be regularly perfevered in night and 

 morning. 



In wounds of this defcription, the rapid 

 growth of fungus (commonly called proud 

 flefli) is alm.ofl incredible : this fhould be care- 

 fully attended to in the infancy of its appear- 

 ance, and, if at all luxuriant, muft be repeatedly 

 touched in various direBions, with the edge of 

 a lancet, biftory, pen-knife, or any other ap- 

 plicable inftrument exceedingly fliarp ; then 

 drefled with a fubftantial pledget of the follow- 

 ing 



