FAVORITE WOUND TREATMENTS 181 



Where there is pus already in the wound, I use no 

 antiseptics or dressings, except possibly for the first 

 cleansing, or rather washing out, and then my hobby 

 is a light, wine-colored solution of potassium perman- 

 ganate or a normal salt solution. In this class of wounds, 

 bacterins or nuclein, or both, get me the results, and I 

 let the wounds alone. I simply cleanse around the 

 wound, taking care to keep the discharge from getting 

 in and on the hair as far as possible. 



In the case of freshly punctured wounds, if deep, I 

 give antitetanic serum, and, of course, bacterins, but 

 let the wound alone after having secured as good drain- 

 age as it is possible to give it. 



Occasionally a wound with exuberant granulations 

 needs tannic acid or some styptic even as strong as 

 stibium chlorid to hold it in check. 



E. M. Bronson. 



Hartford City, Ind. 



Things I Have Noticed About Wounds 



1. Wire cuts do better in the summer than in winter. 



2. I have received very little benefit from the use of 

 bacterins in the treatment of wire cuts. 



3. If the periosteum is injured the recovery is greatly 

 retarded. 



4. Peroxid of hydrogen does more harm than good. 



5. All unnecessary digital manipulation should be 

 avoided. 



6. Wounds across the face heal more rapidly than 

 in any other part of the body. 



7. Ro])e burns an^ harder to heal than wire cuts. 



8. The majority of wire cuts come after an electrical 

 storm. 



