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ing portions of slough. Having at hand some saturated solution of chlorine gas 

 in water (the liquor chlori of the British Phaymacopoeia), I apphed it freely 

 to the sore and also to the surrounding integument, and then dressed with 

 protective dipped in chlorine water and covered with overlapping lac, as formerly. 

 On the following day the sore was destitute of odour of any kind, while the 

 discharge was greatly reduced. For the future it will be treated as a superficial 

 ulcer. 



With regard to the injury to the ankle, it only remains to be mentioned 

 that, at the present time, six weeks after the accident, the fracture of the internal 

 malleolus has united firmly, and the foot is in good position ; while the patient 

 has already considerable movement of the ankle-joint. 



The four severe scalp-wounds — three of which, it will be remembered, 

 involved exposure and injury of the bone — healed completely, without the 

 formation of a drop of pus. And it was an interesting circumstance that, on 

 the removal of some scabs, one of the silk sutures, which had been accidentally 

 left, was found still securely in its place, three weeks after its introduction, and 

 came away clean and dry, hke a metallic stitch. 



The compound fracture into the elbow-joint also healed without any sup- 

 puration. Five weeks after the receipt of the injury the splint was removed. 

 The broken olecranon was found firmly united, and the patient has now free 

 motion of the articulation. 



Edinburgh, March 26, 1870. 



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