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by securing in it a sympathetic healing process, like that set up 

 in the skin. It is further probable that the absorbed albuminoids, 

 which have been modified in the congested part often exercise a de- 

 cided effect on the inflamed tissue. In raw sores where inflam- 

 mation has been set up the granulations may become dropsical or 

 excessive, bulging beyond the adjacent skin ■as, proud flesh. This 

 should be repressed by touching it gently with some mild caustic 

 (lunar caustic), so as to produce a thin, white film, and the re- 

 mote cause of the inflammation (often a local irritant) should be 

 sought and removed. In some unhealthy sores tending to exces- 

 sive granulation, the compound tincture of myrrh and aloes may 

 be applied daily with great benefit. When the granulations be- 

 come excessive they may be scraped down to the level of the 

 skin and then treated with an antiseptic (iodoform, boric acid, 

 acetanilid, aristol. ) 



Blistering. In subacute and chronic inflammations and in 

 those acute forms in which the violence of the inflammatory 

 action has been already subdued bj^ soothing measures, blisters 

 and other counter-irritants may be employed to counteract the 

 remaining inflammatory action. These act primarily by drawing 

 ofF blood and nervous energy from the inflamed organ to the 

 skin, and secondarily, by establishing a sympathetic healing pro- 

 cess in the diseased part, simultaneously with the work of recov- 

 ery in the skin, when the blister has spent its action. But if 

 applied above a part which is still violently inflamed, there is 

 apt to be serious aggravation, through this same sympathy 

 with the part suffering under the rising of the blister. In this 

 way great and irreparable injury is often done through the lauda- 

 tions of particular bUsters for the cure of given diseases, without 

 any reference to the stage or grade of such disease. The value 

 of a blister depends far more on the time of its application than 

 on the ingredients of which it may be composed. 



Firing. This acts in nearly the same manner as a blister, and 

 demands similar caution in its application. It is especially avail- 

 able in subacute and chronic diseases of the joints, bones, and 

 tendons, and may be made more or less severe according to the 

 nature and obstinacy of the disease. It is applied in points or in 

 lines at intervals of one-half to one inch, and penetrating one- 

 third, one-half, or entirely through the skin. The hotter the iron 



