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the efchar be formed. Cover with rags dipped 

 in brandy, tow fpread w^ith wound-ointment, 

 &c. obferving it as a general rule, to keep all 

 divided parts as much at reft as polTible, to 

 promote union. In two days the firft drefhng 

 may come ofiF, the parts may be fomented and 

 poulticed, and a proper digeftive applied ; con- 

 tinue this until the flefh fliall appear florid, and 

 the difcharge healthy and of good confiftence, 

 when the fomentations may be difcontinued,and 

 the wound healed with proper attention to the 

 fuppreflion (when needful) of the fungous flefli; 

 but efpecial care ought to be had, not to dry the 

 wound too much, and render it horny by the 

 abufe of efcharotics. The tents, or doflils made 

 ufe of, ought to be foft and fliort, and put in as 

 loofe as poflible. 



Wounds upon the joints or tendons, 

 and thofe occafioned by ftakes, or goring of 

 oxen, are cured by the fame method ; in thefe 

 latter, the orifice muft be enlarged, and inftead 

 of the old farrier's method of thrufting up a 

 candle, and ftitching it faft, to confine the 

 matter and impede digeftion, make an incifion 

 in form of a crofs, wide enough for the dif- 

 charge, and proceed as before. 



In gun-shot wounds, and in cafe of the 

 intrufion and lodgment of any foreign body, 

 fuch fhould be extra6led, when it can be done 

 without too much pain and difturbance j other- 

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