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may be applied to the wound, and given inter- 

 nally, joined with other antispasmodics. 



On Ulcers. 



BY an Ulcer is meant a solution of continuity; 

 with lots of substance, (not recently made,) dis- 

 charging pus, or any foetid matter. They may 

 arise from external injury, or from some local or 

 general affection of the system. 



We shall, in this place, only notice those ulcers 

 which secrete vitiated pus ; the callous and sinuous 

 Ulcer. 



The cause of ulcers becoming vitiated, is in 

 general owing to an indolent action of the parts, 

 or from great irritation. The matter discharged 

 is thin, and of a greenish colour : this is what is 

 called Ichor. When there are red globules mixed 

 "with it, and it is very foetid, it is called Sanies. 

 When it is more visid, and the discharge is of a 

 purplish colour, resembling coffee grounds, and 

 foetid, it is termed Sordes. The ulcers discharging 

 this matter are of a dusky red colour, and are at- 

 tended with more pain and irritation, and the gra- 

 nulations appear pale and unhealthy. When the 

 ulcer discharges vitiated pus, the edges thickened 



