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to procure a free exit for the matter, for 

 which purpose a counter-opening- may be 

 made, when the situation of the wound will 

 admit of it. 



All punctured wounds are liable to become 

 fistulous ; that is, when the sides cannot be 

 brought into contact by any means, they often 

 become callous. It may be necessary to re- 

 peat, that in such cases caustics must be applied 

 to destroy the callosity, and then orentle 

 stimulants are to be injected to promote the 

 formation of new flesh. There is more dif- 

 ficultv in healin<r wounds of tendons or lio;a- 

 ments, than t^iesh-wounds; and in such cases,, 

 after the first infiammation has subsided, the 

 stronger stimulants, and even caustics, are 

 often required. (See the author's Fcierinarj/. 

 Materia Mtdica, or 2nd Vol.) 



Wounds of ciraunscrlbed Cavities. 



(Under this head we shall describe wounds of 

 the Chest, Bellij^ Joints, Sheaths of 

 Tendons, and Blood-vessels.) 



When the chest or belly is punctured, there 

 is generally danger of a fatal termination : the 



