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was full of sympathy with me till my shoulder was fixed 

 up. Then only did he tell us his collar-bone was broken. 

 I felt small. However, we were both filled up with brandy 

 (neat), and went home on an elephant. To return to 

 business. Take off patient's shirt, the arm on the sound 

 side to be taken out of sleeve first — look at the collar-bones 

 from the front, and compare the two ; the fracture can be 

 seen easily in the majority of cases. If in doubt run a 

 finger along each collar-bone, and the fracture will be felt. 

 Treatment.— Take two triangular bandages, spread them 

 out, place a piece of cotton wool about 10 inches long, 

 4 inches wide, and 1 inch in depth, near the apex of each 

 triangular bandage, and fold them up from apex to base. 

 Now place one on each shoulder, the centre of the bandage 

 over the collar-bone. Pass the front ends under each 

 arm-pit and tie securely at the back in the following 

 manner. The end of the bandage coming under left arm- 

 pit is tied to end over right shoulder, and the end coming 

 under right arm-pit to that over left shoulder. The 

 bandages must be pulled firmly in order to brace the 

 shoulder well back. The arm on the injured side is placed 

 in a sling, care being taken to support the elbow joint. 



Wounds, Ordinary. — Wounds are classified as abrasions, 

 contused wounds, incised, lacerated, and punctured wounds. 

 The names explain each. Most wounds are caused by 

 panther, pig, or spear. Treatment in General. — Clean out 

 and paint wound and round its edges with tincture of 

 iodine, then apply a dressing and bandage. 



Treatment for each class : 



Abrasions. — Smear Friars' balsam over abrasions. It 

 hurts at first, but is very satisfactory in its results. Many 

 members of the M.T.C. can testify to its efficacy and to 

 the pain caused by it. 



Contused, Incised, and Lacerated Wounds. — Swab out 

 with tincture of iodine. Apply some sterilized gauze (it is 

 immaterial whether the gauze is medicated or not provided 

 it is sterilized), cotton wool and bandage. 



Punctured Wounds. — Syringe out with a solution of 

 potassium permanganate the colour of port wine, plug with 



