570 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



Saltpeter 1 lb. 



•Water 1 gal. 



Best whisky 1 qt. 



Inject into the wound with a syringe three times a day until a 

 cure is effected. It prevents inflammation or a tendency to slough- 

 ing or mortification. A gun-shot wound, a foot deep, in the thigh 

 of a horse (the ball could not be found, remaining in the leg) was 

 cured in two weeks by this treatment. 



In any case of sinuses being formed, they must be opened up to 



the bottom, and made a sim- 

 ple wound, when it is to be 

 treated as for a wound. Or, 

 the pipes destroyed by a caus- 

 tic introduced and repeated 



" , „=_____ until the unhealthy part is 



"*' ~~ ""~ sloughed out to the bottom. A 



Fig. 880.— Small Suture Needles. very simple and effective caustic 



is that made of blue vitriol, either 

 in strong solution, when it could be injected, or a little powdered 

 fine in the form of a tent, which is simply a little rolled up in a strip 

 of thin paper, twisted at the ends, and pushed to the bottom with a 



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Fig. 881.— Large Suture Needles. 



probe. Several parcels of this kind, one a(ter another, can be 

 pushed in until the sinuses are filled. In four or five days a core 

 will be formed, which will usually destroy the sinuses to the bottom ; 

 if any remain, it can be ascertained, and the dressing repeated upon 

 that part, until it is all made a clean wound, when it can be treated 

 as before described with a simple digestive preparation. 



If there is an injury to the bone, ligament, or tendon, and not 

 treated properly, a small sinus is formed, from which matter will 

 ooze. In such a case, a probe must be introduced, and its extent 

 ascertained ; if the' sinus extends to the bone, which can be known 

 by the probe striking it, a free opening should be made to the bot- 

 tom, if the situation will admit, the diseased surface scraped off, 

 when it can be treated as before explained, by the use of Friar's 

 balsam, etc. (See " Friar's Balsam.") If all dead matter is not re- 



