194- The T ARKnK' s Kew Guide. Chap. LI. 



cation of the Bones, all which Circumftances make the 

 Cure of Wounds more or lefs difficult. 



But the chief thing to be regarded in Wounds is their Si- 

 tuation ; for albeit Wounds in the external flefhy Parts are 

 not very dangerous, confider'd as fuch, yet thofe of the ner- 

 vous Parts are often of ill Confequence when there happens 

 to be an ill Difpofition of Body, as they are apt to caufe 

 exquilite Pain, and fometimes when the I'mall Threads and 

 Fibres of the Sinews are ruffled and tore, they will bring 

 on a Gangrene and Mortification of the Part j whereas 

 when they are equally cut, they are not apt to be attended 

 with fuch Accidents. But inward Wounds generally prove 

 mortal if they pierce the large Vefl'els, the Stomach, the 

 imall Guts, the Bladder, the Spleen, the Liver, the Heart, 

 the Lungs or Midriff, and thefe are deadly upon a double 

 or treble Account, as moft of them are not only endow'd 

 with a tender Senfation, but alfo a mufcular Aftion, where- 

 by their Re-union is hinder'd, and likewife as many of 

 them are ftored with a Multiplicity of Blood-veflels, which 

 are large ; but internal Wounds which mifs thofe prin- 

 cipal Vifcera, may be cur'd, and fome of thefe, if they be 

 but flightly touch'd, are alfo fometimes curable, though not 

 readily in brute Creatures, who cannot be brought to a 

 Compliance with all the Requifites that are neceflary in 

 fuch Cafes. Wounds penetrating the Subftance of the 

 Brain are alfo incurable, becaufe of its Softnefs, the Multipli- 

 city of its Veflels, and the tender Senfe of its Membranes. 



As for the Signs of Wounds, they are manifeft to the 

 Eye, and when they are deep or inward, are further difco- 

 verable by the Help of a Probe, and by divers other Cir- 

 cumftances ; as for Inftance, if the Lungs be wounded, the 

 Air will penetrate through the Wound with a frothy Blood of 

 a Vermilion Colour. When the Stomach is wounded, there 

 will be a violent Sicknefs, with a fudden Lofs of Appetite, 

 and the Chyle ufually ifliies forth from a Wound in thefmall 

 Guts, and the Urine from a Wound in the Bladder ; and 

 when the Kidneys are wounded, the Horfe will ftale Blood. 

 By thefe and many other fuch Signs, internal Wounds may 

 be known ; but we fhall proceed to the Cure, wherein we 

 fhall begin with fome general Directions. 

 T/je Cure "^"^ -^'^j Care muft be taken to ftop 



the Blood, when there is too plentiful an 

 Hemorrhage. Secondly, The Wound muft be cleans'd of 

 Dirt, Sand, Splints of Wood, or any other foreign Matter. 

 Thirdh, All the Applications made to a Wound, ought to 



be 



