WOUNDS IN VARIOUS PARTS. 155 



In cases where wounds are out of the reach of 

 the finger to examine them, and are not sufficiently 

 wide to admit the hand, I have always found a 

 candle to be more suitable for the purpose than 

 any instrument, the wound being less liable to 

 receive injury from it than from any other thing. 

 Wounds made with a cutting instrument, and 

 which are not attended with any bruise or lacera- 

 tion, may, for the most part, be healed by the first 

 intention. If it be on a part where a roller can 

 be properly applied, it may be neatly sewed to- 

 gether, and a pledget of lint dipped in the follow- 

 ing compound tincture. 



(RECIPE, No. 116.) 



Take — Compound tincture of benzoin, and tincture of 

 aloes, with myrrh, of each one ounce ; 

 Nitrous acid, two drachms : 

 Mix in a bottle for use. 



This will be found a valuable tincture for wounds 

 of every description, where a cure is intended to 

 be performed without bringing it to a state of sup- 

 puration. If the wound bleed considerably, from 

 an incision of some artery, or vein, and in a part 

 where a roller, or a bandage, cannot be applied, 

 let the mouth of the artery be dressed with a 

 skewer dipped in oil of vitriol. It is proper to 

 dress all wounds that are made in a fleshy part, at 



