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OPERATIONS, ETC., ETC, 



SETONS. 



Setons are useful in various cases in abscesses, ^iith 

 as occur in poll evil. In deep fistulous wounds fhf 7 

 are indispensable. They promote discharge ik the 

 neighborhood of an inflammation. They are made of 

 tow and horse- hair, braided together ; or a small cord 

 or a strap of leather may be used. They are inserted 

 by means of an instrument resembling a large needle, 

 either through abscesses, or the base of ulcers with 

 deep sinuses, or between the skin and the muscular or 

 other substances beneath. They are retained there by 

 the ends being tied together, or by a knot at each end. 

 The tape is moved in the wound twice or thrice in the 

 day, and occasionally wetted with spirits of turpen- 



