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finely powdered alum, and fullers earth, through 

 a piece of fine muslin. 



Iodoform is a great boon in all cases of wounds, 

 such as broken knees, or injuries from stakes, as it 

 is so easily applied, and is an excellent antiseptic. 

 A convenient way to apply it is with a small, 

 common garden tobacco puff, such as is used for 

 destroying green-fly. Iodoform being a light 

 powder, requires a heavier on© united with it 

 to make the puff act properly, and borax powder 

 answers well for this purpose ; enough should 

 be added to make the powder blow out freely, 

 instead of caking inside. Deep wounds are 

 apt to close too quickly, and must be probed 

 daily to keep them open, for which an ordinary 

 tallow candle often answers. A "halfpenny dip" 

 is sufficiently firm to force its way in, while there 

 is nothing hard about it to do any injury. After 

 it has been inserted, warm water with some soft 

 soap dissolved in it (which is a useful dis- 

 infectant) should be squirted in to cleanse the 

 interior, and then some iodoform puffed inside ; 

 or some antiseptic lotion used instead. 



Q. If a wound has healed up from the bottom, 

 but still does not form a scab and heal properly, 

 what should be done ? 



A. Sometimes there is too much granulation, 

 and purple pimples (" proud flesh ") appear, and 

 require drying up before it will heal. A little 

 powdered sulphate of copper (bluestone) dusted 

 two or three times over the place will eradicate 

 the proud flesh, and cause the wound to heal. 

 This condition usually arises from there having 

 been too much fomentation, or too prolonged 

 poulticing. Sometimes the wound looks greasy 

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