APPENDIX. 
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Rheumatism. 
If much fever, bleed or purge. The medicines which moderate fevers must be 
given; then sweating by Dover’s powders, the anodyne draught, warm bathing. 
When chronic, (i. e. without fever) use strong rubefacients, such as opodeldoc with 
hartshorn or mustard, turpentine, &c.; internally, calomel in small doses, with 
opium and camphor; mustard whey. 
Wounds and Cuts. 
The lips must, without exception, be brought together, (even should a bone be 
wounded,) and kept so by sticking-plaster, by binding so as to draw the muscles and 
skin towards the wound ; stitches are not so good as sticking-plaster, but are neces¬ 
sary in wounds of the face and other places ; if a blood-vessel of any size is divided 
it must be tied; nothing irritating should be applied to a recent wound, The first 
dressing should not be touched until it begins to be loosened by the 
Gun-shot suppuration taking place, and then it must be soaked so as to come off 
Wounds, easily. In gun-shot wounds, very seldom any thing is to be done at first; 
keeping wet with cold water, or a common poultice, to bring on as soon 
as possible the suppuration which is to separate the killed parts, and then it becomes 
the same as any other sore, and must so be treated. If the discharge from the sore 
is excessive, it may be washed with vinegar, lemon-juice, decoction of oak-bark, &c. 
&c. If there is proud flesh, sprinkle on it calomel, or rhubarb, or verdigrease, 
(which is easily made, by letting water stand on copper for some time and then eva¬ 
porating it to dryness.) If a sore is indolent, stimulate it by mixing some resin or 
myrrh, or other gums with the ointment. If you want to dry it, mix sugar of lead 
with the ointment, or some finely pounded white vitriol. If a sore or ulcer is on 
the leg, a bandage should be put on from the toe to the knee, taking care that it be 
evenly laid on, so as to press equally on every part. If the leg swells, or is painful, 
keep it wet with cold water; charcoal-powder sprinkled on foetid ulcers is good. 
Bruises. 
Prevent or diminish inflammation by leeches, or scarification, keeping it constantly 
wet with cold water, water and vinegar, or with spirit of minderarus; vinegar, and 
the spirits each 1 part, water 6 parts; goulard water, or cold poultices of vinegar 
and meal or bread : if goulard, then gentle rubbing with spirits and soap, or opodel¬ 
doc ; and for sprains the same treatment. 
Suspended Animation, 
From drowning. The head and shoulders must be kept high, because there is con¬ 
gestion of blood in the head, the body to be dried and gently rubbed, also to be 
warmed before the fire, or by the application of warm cloths ; only dry cloths, flan- 
