190 WOUNDS IN THE ELBOW, &C. 



. Treatment of WoUnds upon the Sinews. 



afterwai-ds rubbed well with the liniment (No. G5, 

 p. 102). 



Wodnds upon the sinews, or tendon^ may be 

 dressed with the compound tincture (No. 116, 

 p. 176). By a strict application to the above 

 method of treatment, every person of common 

 ability may perform a cure on all fresh wounds ; 

 but if they are of long standing, the bottom ca- 

 rious, and the synovia, or joint-oil, runs out, they 

 must be treated in the manner directed in the fol- 

 lowing chapter, for humours oozing from the 

 joints, called joint-oil. 



