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proper dressings. The best of all protective dressings is made of 

 small balls, or pledgets, of oakum, carefully packed into the wound 

 and held in place bj^ a roller bandage 4 yards long, from 3 to 4 inches 

 wide, made of common bcdticking and skillfully applied. 



The remedies which may be used to stimulate the healing process 

 are manj^, and, as a rule, they arc applied in the form of solutions or 

 tinctures. 



In mj' own practice I prefer a solution of bichloride of mercury 1 

 part, water 500 parts, with a few drops of muriatic acid or a few 

 grains of muriate of ammonia added to cause the mercury to dissolve. 

 The balls of oakum are wet with this solution before thej' are applied 

 to the wound. 



Among the other remedies which may be used, and perhaps with 

 equally as good results, will be noted the sulphate of copper, iron, and 

 zinc, 5 grains of either to the ounce of water; chloride of zinc, 5 grains 

 to the ounce; carbolic acid, 20 drops dissolved in an equal amount of 

 glycerin and added to 1 ounce of water; nitrate of silver, 10 grains to 

 the ounce of water; and creolin, pure or diluted. 



If the wound is slow to heal, it will be found of advantage to chani^e 

 the remedies every few days. 



If the wound is pale in color, the granulations transparent and 

 glistening, the tincture of aloes, tincture of gentian, or the spirits of 

 camphor rasij do best. 



When the sore is red in color and healing rapidly, an ointment made 

 of 1 part of carbolic acid to 40 parts of cosmoline or vaseline is all that 

 is needed. 



If the granulations continue to grow until a tumor is formed which 

 projects beyond the surrounding skin, it should be cut off with a sharp, 

 clean knife, and the foot poulticed for twenty-four hours, after which 

 the wound is to be well cauterized daily with lunar caustic and the 

 bandages applied with great firmness. 



The question as to how often the dressings should be renewed nuist 

 be determined by the condition of the wound, etc. If the sore is sup- 

 purating freely it will be necessary to renew the dressing every twenty- 

 four or forty-eight hours; if the discharge is small in quantity and the 

 patient comfortable, the dressing may be left on for several da^'s; in 

 fact, the less often the wound is disturbed the better, in so long as the 

 healing process is health}-. When the sore commences to skin over, 

 the edges should belightlj- touched with lunar caustic at each dressing. 

 The patient may now be given a little exercise daily; but the bandages 

 must be kept on until the wound is entirely healed. 



TENDINOUS QUITTOR. 



This form of quittor differs from the cutaneous in that it not only 

 affects the skin and subcutaneous tissues, but involves, also, the ten 



