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remove any grit that is fixed in the flesh. Support the body, and use 
the chloride of zinc lotion. 
A punctured wound is dangerous, as the parts injured are liable to 
motion. On this account those above the stifle are very hazardous. 
Sinuses form from the torn fascia opposing the exit of the pus; also 
because the small hole in the skin generally bears no proportion to the 
internal damage. 
Treatment.—Always enlarge the external opening to afford egress to 
all sloughs and pus. Regulate the food by the symptoms, and use the 
chloride of zine lotion. 
A contused wound, when large, causes more congealed blood than 
can be absorbed. This corrupts, and a slough must occur or an abscess 
must form. Hither generates weakness, produces irritation, and may lead 
to fatal hemorrhage. Or sinuses may form. Wherefore, such accidents 
are not to be judged of hastily. 
Treatment.—When the contusion is slight, rub the part with iodide 
of lead, one drachm of the salt to an ounce of lard. When large, divide 
the skin, every eighth inch, the entire length of the swelling. Bathe the 
injury with the chloride of zinc lotion, and support the body, as the 
symptoms demand liberality in the matter of food. 
In all wounds, gain, if possible, a large depending orifice, and cover 
the denuded surfaces with a rag saturated with oil of, or in solution of, 
tar. 
The author, having now concluded his labors, cannot forbear from 
repeating the advice which was given to the reader at the commence- 
ment of the present Summary—always appeal to the body of the 
work so soon as the first danger has subsided. Many hints are therein 
contained which could not be embodied in anything deserving to be 
entitled an abbreviation. Ampler space there enables the writer to 
describe certain precautions and to suggest various stratagems which, 
of course, would be out of place in the pages where condensation was 
the professed characteristic. For these reasons the reader is most 
earnestly recommended never to depend longer upon the contents of 
the Summary, than the pressure of immediate danger shall render im- 
perative. 
