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ever, and then to keep the divided parts together by 

 ;i bandage, and not to remove it for three or four 

 days at least. The coagulable lymph will then be 

 thrown out from the mouths of the vessels, and the 

 surfaces will be found glued ; and this constitutes 

 what is called healing by the first intention, and this 

 process may generally be adopted with success 

 where the wound is of a simple nature. In com- 

 pound wounds, where the bone has been injured as 

 well as the muscular parts, it is more difficult and 

 sometimes impossible to heal by the first intention ; 

 first, because the consequent inflammation is more 

 violent, and, secondly, because the fractured parts of 

 the bone become, when detached, extraneous sub- 

 stances, and must be brought away before the wound 

 can thoroughly heal. Hence it sometimes happens 

 that the surface of •the wound heals whilst the bot- 

 tom or internal part is unsound, owing to the cir- 

 cumstance of the bone not having exfohated, and 

 the irritation being still kept up, a fresh degree of 

 inflammation ensues, and the wound suppurates and 

 , breaks out again. 



II ' In this case (and in this only) the mouth of the 

 wound may be kept open by the introduction of 

 tents ; and if the abscess has not a sound, healthy 

 appearance, such caustic applications may be used as 

 will destroy the diseased surface, and produce a 

 healthy action in the part, which is always mani- 

 fested by red granulations, and the secretion of pure 

 f! white matter of a proper consistence.' 



When a tendon is woimded, it should be fom-ented 

 with warm fomentations of bran and water. Violent 

 caustics and spirituous applications are, for the most 

 , part improper. When the wound heals slowly, it 

 may be touched with the butter of antimony, and 

 covered by a large pledget of tow, with digestive 

 ointment, and bound with a bandage. 



Wounds in the joints are sonrietimes dangerous, 

 and always difficult to cure. The cautery is the 



