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166
600
MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
No.
355.
Bandages,
If
the
part
will
allow
a
roller
or
bandage
to
be
used
to
keep
the
lips
of
it
together,
this
may
like-
wise
be
employed
;
for,
by
supporting
the
sides
of
the
wound,
it
would
lessen
any
pain
which
the
stitches
occasion.
With
this
treatment
the
wound
heals
often
in
a
short
time,
or
in
a
few
days,
rarely
exceeding
5
or
6,
and
sooner
in
the
young
and
health}"
than
in
the
old
and
relaxed,
and
sooner
in
the
quiet
and
motionless
than
in
the
restless
and
active.
Should
the
wound
be
large,
and
inflammation,
with
the
discharge
of
matter,
likely
to
take
place,
it
may
still
be
proper,
by
gentle
means,
to
bring
the
divided
parts
near
to
each
other,
and
to
retain
them
in
their
natural
situation
by
means
of
a
bandage.
This
should
not
be
made
too
tight,
but
merely
to
support
the
part.
In
this
way,
and
by
avoiding
stimulant
applications,
the
wound
will
heal
more
readily
than
otherwise,
and
the
chance
of
any
blemish
following
will
be
diminished.
Washes
of
spirits,
brandy,
and
the
like,
"Friar's
balsam,"
spirits
of
wine
and
camphor,
turpentine,
or
any
other
irritating
applications,
are
highly
improper,
and
sometimes
make
a
fresh
clean
wound
(that
would
readily
heal
almost
of
itself)
inflame
and
perhaps
mortify,
or
become
a
bad
sore.