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f If the wound is much torn, wash the parts very nicely 

 with warm water, and then (having secured every bleed- 

 ing vessel,) lay them all down in as natural a position as 

 you can, drawing their edges gently together, or as much 

 so as possible, by strips of sticking-plaster, or stitches, 

 if necessary. A soft poultice is to be applied over the 

 whole. 



POISONED WOUNDS FROM BITES OF MAD DOGS, RATTLE 

 SNAKES, ETC. ETC. 



The instant a person is bitten, either by a mad dog 

 or any other rabid animal or reptile, he should appl} 

 a ligature by means of the stick, above the wound, a? 

 tightly as he can well bear it, and without hesitation 01 

 delay, cut out the parts bitten, taking along with them 

 a portion of the surrounding sound flesh. The wound 

 should then be freely touched with caustic, or have tur- 

 pentine poured into it. A decoction of Spanish flies in 

 turpentine, may also be applied to the skin surrounding 

 the wound. By these means inflammation will be ex- 

 cited, and suppuration follow, which may prevent the usual 

 dreadful consequences of such accidents. As soon as the 

 parts are cut out, take off the ligature. 



Should the patient be too timid to allow the use of the 

 knife, burn the wound very freely with caustic, and place 

 in it a tuft of tow or cotton, well moistened with the above 

 decoction. The discharge of matter that follows should 

 be kept up for some time. The only reasonable chance 

 for safety, is found in the above plan, all the vegetable 

 and mineral productions that have been hitherto recom- 

 mended as internal remedies, being of very doubtful, if 

 of any efficacy. 



