160 A HUNTING CATECHISM 



is well below the level of the bucket, or the 

 water will not run. 



After fomentation a woollen bandage should 

 be soaked in hot water, and put on, and when 

 in its place a few drops of arnica lotion should be 

 poured inside, to run down to the injury. A dry 

 bandage should then be tied round the outside. 

 The fomentation may be repeated the next 

 morning, and then wet bandages dipped in arnica 

 lotion used till all the inflammation has subsided. 

 After the leg has become quite cool a blister 

 will be required, and an excellent one for the 

 purpose is the following : — 



No 



Cantharides Pulv. 



Adeps 



01. Tereb 



No 



Hyd. lodid. Rub. 

 Adeps 



1^ drachms. 

 l|oz. 

 J drachm. 



1^ drachms. 

 l|oz. 



The two ointments to be made separately, the first (No. 1) 

 being made in a water bath. 



The 01. Tereb. to be put in when cooling. 



When made the two are to be mixed together on a slab. 



The above blister is the most effectual one the 

 writer has known. When the effects have entirely 

 worn away, and all traces peeled off, which will 

 probably be in about six weeks' time, the blister 

 may be repeated if necessary ; and possibly a 

 third application may be required. Under this 

 treatment, and a long rest, a year if necessary 

 in a very bad case, the leg should get quite right 

 again, without the disfiguring use of the firing 

 iron. At the present moment the writer is using 



