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avoid infecting the part. Before cutting 

 it open, wash the lancet in a strong 

 solution of carbolic acid, Jeyes's fluid, 

 creolin, &.c. Clip the hair off around the 

 sore, and then wash the skin in this 

 region (over the sore as well) with the 

 same antiseptic solution. After cutting 

 the abscess open — which should be done 

 at the lowest point of the swelling, so as 

 to favour the free escape of its contents — 

 wash the cavity out with a solution of 

 corrosive sublimate and compound tinc- 

 ture of iodine, employing a glass syringe 

 for this purpose. Three grains of corro- 

 sive sublimate may be added to every 

 pint of water, along with a drachm of 

 dilute hydrochloric acid and an ounce of 

 tincture of iodine. 



. If fistula have already formed, then 

 the services of a qualified practitioner 

 are necessary. Setoning is useless so far 

 as curing the disease is concerned. 



The burrowing of matter, and perhaps 

 disease of subjacent bony tissue, neces- 

 sitates surgical interference. 



Womb, inflammation of. — This is a 

 very serious complaint, and one in which 

 no time should be lost in seeking the 

 most skilled advice obtainable. 



It not unfrequently follows labour, 

 either as the result of direct injury to 

 the womb through surgical interference, 

 or through a decomposing (putrefying) 

 " after-birth " (placenta) being retained 

 too lono-. This is jiarticularly liable to 

 happen during- warm weather. 



Never allow the " cleansing " to re- 



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