WOUNDS IN THE ELBOW, &C. 165 



should be spread on tow, or hurds, and applied 

 over the whole (to keep it from growing dry), 

 which must be bandaged on with a flannel roller, 

 though, if the part be free from swelling or in- 

 flammation, a linen one will be much better. 



Wounds in the stifle or elbow, are very difficult 

 to bandage with a roller ; instead of which, let a 

 small tent of lint, or tow, be dipped in the above 

 mixture, and put into the wounds once or twice a 

 day, with a probe, or a crow's quill. Wounds in 

 these parts should never be tented longer than 

 until the matter begins to decrease. But if the 

 swelling and inflammation be considerable, let 

 the part affected be fomented three or four times 

 a day with the fomentation (No. 109, p. 147), 

 and afterwards rubbed well with the liniment 

 (No. Q5, p. 92), and take from two to four quarts 

 of blood from him, and give the purging ball 

 (No. 2 or 3, p. 22), observing the necessary pre- 

 cautions laid down there. 



Wounds upon the smews, or tendon, may be 

 dressed with the compound tincture (No. 116, 

 p. 155). By a strict application to the above me- 

 thod of treatment, every person of common ability 

 may perform a cure on all fresh wounds ; but if 

 they are of long standing the bottom carious, and 



