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of the large veffels are affeded. For moft 

 fuperficial wounds, or fimple lacerations, pro- 

 ceeding from what caufe foever, may in gene- 

 ral be very foon made perfedly found, by a 

 (ingle application of the thiciure or half am be- 

 fore mentioned ; or equal, parts of camphorated 

 fpirits and vinegar ^ bandaging up properly, 

 and not opening for feme 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 di [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 rcftringent applica- 

 tions, by their Jlypticity fo conftringe the 

 mouths of the fmaller veffels near the furface, 

 (ading in concert wnth the natural cement of 

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

 the officious intrujiom of art totally unnecef- 

 fary: but thii method of cure is frequently 

 rejeded as too eafy, and the falutary courfe of 

 Nature is oftert cbftrudted and perverted by 

 the self-sufficient fagacity of those pro- 

 ficients 



