350 0/Vv^OUNDS. 



Pi]Ti£^ured Pun6tured wounds from thorns, or 



wcunds, any other accidents, Ihould be treated in 



Irow treat- ^j^^^ f^d^g manner \ applying the beer, or 



bread and milk poultice over the drefling, 



till Tome figns of digeClion appear, and 



fomenting the part well every day. This 



method is alio very fuccefsfully ufed to 



Swellings thofe fwellings, which often arife on the 



from ^ iieck from bleeding, the fores being 



bleedmg, fp^nkled with precipitate, and burnt 



Jrow treat- \ i i r i i_ 



^^^ alum powdered, to fetch out the core, 



or fungus, vi^hich choaks up the orifice. 

 The ufual method is to introduce a piece 

 of vitriol, or fublimate, which often 

 brings on a plentiful difcharge, fetches 

 out the core, and makes a cure ; but it 

 is often with the lofs of the vein, and it 

 fometimes leaves a large fwelling and im- 

 pofthumation. 



Gun fliot In gun-fhot wounds, when the ball has 

 wounds, j^Qj. penetrated too deep, it fhould be 

 ^ t^eat- ^xtj-^jc^e^j^ jf i|. can be fetched away with- 

 out difturbance, together with any extra- 

 neous bodies that might pafs in with it ; 

 the wound fliould be drefled with the 

 old dio-eftive of Venice or common tur- 

 pentine, divided with the yolks of eggs, 

 to which may be added fome honey and 

 tindure of myrrh. The entrance of 



thefe 



