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21. WOUNDS AND THEIR TREATMENT- 

 WOUNDS - 402 



Incised Wounds - 402 



Lacerated Wounds - - 402 



Contused Wounds - 403 



Punctured Wounds - 403 



Poisoned Wounds - - 403 



HEALING OF WOUNDS 404 



Immediate Union - 404 



Primary Adhesion - - 404 



Healing by Blood-clot 405 



Healing by Granulation - 405 



Healing under a Scab - 407 



GENERAL TREATMENT OF WOUNDS - 408 



Arrest of Bleeding - - 408 



Cleansing - - 409 



SPECIAL TREATMENT OF WOUNDS - - 410 



Incised Wounds - 410 



Lacerated Wounds - - 412 



Contused Wounds - - 413 



Punctured Wounds - 413 



Poisoned Wounds - 414 



DISINFECTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES - 415 



SUTURES OR STITCHES - - 416 



Interrupted or Simple Sutures - - 416 



Uninterrupted or Continuous Suture - - 416 



The Twisted Suture - 417 



The Quilled Suture 417 



Stitching up the Wound - - 418 



Plasters - 419 



Needles - 419 



ANTISEPTICS EMPLOYED IN THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDS - - 420 



Carbolic' Acid - - 420 



Corrosive Sublimate - - 420 



Biniodide of Mercury - 421 



Boric or Boracic Acid - 421 



lodoform - - 421 



Chinosol - 421 



Lysol - 421 



Permanganate of Potash and Peroxide of Hydrogen - 421 



BROKEN KNEES - - 422 



CRACKED HEELS 423 



