Anatomy and physiology : designed for academies and families . ster and draw it towardthe wound. This is important, as the liability of the woundre-opening is thus diminished. It will be well, perhaps, to saya word or two against the common practice of applying irri-tating substances, such as balsams and healing salve, in freshcuts. They only aggravate the wound, cause more pain, and What should be the treatment of slight wounds ? How broad shouldthe adhesive strips be cut? What caution is given in removing diessingsfrom a wound ? What is the effect of applying balsams and healing salves ? 316
Anatomy and physiology : designed for academies and families . ster and draw it towardthe wound. This is important, as the liability of the woundre-opening is thus diminished. It will be well, perhaps, to saya word or two against the common practice of applying irri-tating substances, such as balsams and healing salve, in freshcuts. They only aggravate the wound, cause more pain, and What should be the treatment of slight wounds ? How broad shouldthe adhesive strips be cut? What caution is given in removing diessingsfrom a wound ? What is the effect of applying balsams and healing salves ? 316 APPENDIX. prevent its healing by what surgeons call the first intention,-—that is, by the immediate union of its edges. ^ One thing isalways to be remembered, nature does the cure in all cases ofwounds, and the only object of the dressing is to keep theparts together, and protect the wound from air and a wound be ragged, dirty, or what is called a laceratedwound, apply cold water, and let it be seen by a surgeon assoon as possible. Fig. Fig. 214. Represents the proper manner of removing strips of adhesive plasterfrom wounds. The proper position of the limbs favors the union ofwounds. If a wound be upon the anterior part of the thigh, bybending the thigh upon the body and extending the knee, thewound will be closed. If the wound be upon the back partof the thigh, by extending the thigh upon the body and flex-ing the knee, it will favor its closing. If the wound be uponthe anterior part of the leg, between the knee and ankle, ex-tending the knee and flexing the ankle, will aid its the wound be upon the back part of the leg, between theankle and knee, by extending the foot and bending the knee,the gaping of the wound will be diminished. In wounds uponthe anterior part of the trunk of the body, by keeping the bodyflexed, the wound will be lessened. In wounds upon the What is the treatment of lacerated wounds ? Describe how differentparts of the sys
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