198 ULCEUS. 



Method of curing External Ulcers. 



with a skewer dipped iii oil of vitriol, or aquafor- 

 tis, or by applying the composition (No. 117, p. 

 ,177}; or, if more convenient, a little blue vitriol 

 may be powdered, and pyt into the wound, and a 

 handful of alum-leather shavings applied over it, 

 and properly secured on with a bandage, or rol- 

 ler. This dressing may remain on for ten or 

 twelve hours; after which the wound may be 

 dressed with the digestive ointment (No. 121, p. 

 182), or otherwise, according to its condition and 

 situation. See Chap. XXXI. (for xvoundson the, 

 joints)^ and likewise Chap. XXX. (forxvounds 

 in various parts). In the latter case, when it is 

 found necessary to remove the caries by the ap- 

 pjication of caustics, the lunar caustic, or subli- 

 mate, may be resorted to; the method of using 

 them must be according to the part of the body 

 in which the ulcer may be se«^ted.* 



Ulcers, scaled on parts where bandages can be 

 applied, are much more easy to cure than such as 



* See chapter on quitters, the poll-evil and fistulas, infra. 



