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ought to heal without a scar. Unless there is an accumula- 

 tion of pus, or a free discharge, or an angry looking swell- 

 ing shown by redness and inflammation and pain, this dress- 

 ing ought to remain on three or four days until the cut is 

 healed." 



Punctures: 



"This is a common condition, especially among children 

 who go barefoot. The offending agent is usually a nail, 

 and oftentimes it is about a barn-lot, which makes accidents 

 more serious because of the danger of tetanus, or lockjaw, 

 following. (Note: While this advice was written evi- 

 dently for children, it is equally applicable in its essentials 

 to the older ones, to the outdoorsman). Lockjaw germs, or 

 seed, grow only in deep wounds to which the air cannot enter. 

 For this reason it is necessary to give a special kind of treat- 

 ment to these deep punctures, or penetrating wounds. It 

 is probably best, when convenient, to go to a competent phy- 

 sician, who might find it necessary to enlarge the mouth of 

 the wound. At any rate, such wounds should be thoroughly 

 cleansed and disinfected. A simple method of doing this 

 is by the use of a bit of absorbent cotton wrapped around 

 the end of a toothpick, saturating it with pure tincture of 

 iodine, and then inserting it boldly down to the very bottom 

 of the wound and allowing it to remain there two or three 

 minutes. It is better to repeat this in order that the iodine 

 may be certain to reach the bottom of the wound. If the 

 wound be very deep, and a physician cannot be secured, it 

 is probably best to make a little wick of gauze or linen satu- 

 rated with tincture of iodine, and after having used the 

 iodine as above described, this wick should be left in the 

 wound for a day or two and should reach about half way to 

 the bottom of the wound." 



Bruises: 



"These may result in various ways, either by falls, or 

 being struck with a club or some other blunt instrument, or 



