Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . 34 MINOR SURGERY. The astringent poultice is formed of the aboveby adding some astringent article. Frequently itconsists of bread and lead-water, or of a curdmade by throwing alum into boiling milk, or rub-bing it up with the white of egg. These lattershould always be covered with gauze, as they arechiefly used in the treatment of affections of theeye. The Stimulating Poultice is formed of varioussubstances, as, boiled carrot, grated down to apulp; rawpotato, grated and applied cold; gratedonions; Indian meal and some fermenting
Minor surgery, or, Hints on the every-day duties of the surgeon . 34 MINOR SURGERY. The astringent poultice is formed of the aboveby adding some astringent article. Frequently itconsists of bread and lead-water, or of a curdmade by throwing alum into boiling milk, or rub-bing it up with the white of egg. These lattershould always be covered with gauze, as they arechiefly used in the treatment of affections of theeye. The Stimulating Poultice is formed of varioussubstances, as, boiled carrot, grated down to apulp; rawpotato, grated and applied cold; gratedonions; Indian meal and some fermenting liquor,as yeast or porter ; or flowers of mustard. TheFermenting Poultice, or that made of Indian orcorn-meal and porter, should always be spread onor covered with oiled silk, to prevent its evapora-tion and too rapid drying; and it should, likewise,be covered by the gauze to prevent its is of great use in cases of sloughing, mortifica-tion, hospital gangrene, &c. The Mustard Poultice is prepared by mixingflowers of mustard with water to the co
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