Ulcers] 3 * 2 [Ulcers 



growth ; the operation, unless the tumour is 

 situated in the neck, is a simple one, and the 

 wound, with ordinary aseptic precautions, heals in 

 seven or eight days. Of course there are some 

 exceptions, as, when the tumour is a cancer or 

 some other malignant growth, it is not always 

 advisable to sew the wound up after operation, 

 but then of course it takes much longer to heal. 



Ulcers : 



Symptoms : These are unhealthy wounds or 

 sores left after decay or destruction of some 

 superficial parts of the body. 



Treatment: Keep them clean by sponging 

 two or three times a day with Pearson's fluid — 

 one teaspoonful to half a pint of water. For a 

 day or two apply either hot linseed-meal poultice 

 dusted over with powdered charcoal, or a piece 

 of lint soaked in a saturated solution of boracic 

 acid, placed over the wound and covered with 

 oil-silk, then bandage. When the wound looks 

 cleaner, healthier, and discharges less, and there 

 are signs of healing by the formation of new 

 skin around the edges of the wound, simply cover 

 it over with some carbolic gauze squeezed out in 

 a solution of boracic acid, and apply a bandage. 



When an ulcer is healing very slowly, lint 

 dipped in the following lotion and applied to 

 the ulcer stimulates healthy action and healing : — 



