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Woiincls following by bleeding, will be found treated of 

 under the article on Bleeding, (which see.) 



CURVED AND PROBE PAINTED SCISSORS FOR DRESSING THE 

 CAVITIES OF WOUNDS^ 



Contused, lacerated arid ininctured wounds are generally- 

 followed by suppuration, (which see) which should be 

 encouraged by warm poultices applied to the parts, and 

 should be kept freely open to allow the pus free escape. 

 "Wounds entering the belly or chest, should be treated by 

 placing a pad over the part to exclude the air, followed by 

 the application used in simple wounds. Keep down pain 

 by giving twenty drops of the tincture of aconite root, 

 three times a day, for two days only. Poisoned wounds 

 will be found treated of under the article on Bite of Mad 

 Dog, (which see.) 



Wourali. — A name given to a poison, which is prepared 

 by the Macousi Indians, of South , America, and used by 

 them on the points of their arrows. ^ This poison has been 

 advocated by some in the treatment of locked -jaw, in the 

 horse, but in my experience nothing favorable can be said 

 of it as a cure for this terrible disease. The power of this 

 poison is so great, that in four minutes after an ox, of one 

 thousand pounds weight, was pierced in each thigh by an 

 arrow poisoned with it, the poison took effect, and in a few 

 minutes more his head and legs ceased to move. In 

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