A treatise of wounds.

  • Wiseman, Richard, 1622?-1676
Date:
1672
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Credit: A treatise of wounds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pe Of Wounds in General, you may make fomentations of the like, you muft remember in thefe Concuflions to bleed largely, even to deiailancy of {pirits, according as the Symp- tomes do fhew to you the greatnefs of the Malady, and as ftrength of body will permit, and keep: the body foluble by Clyfters, alfo Julips, Emulfions, and whatelfe may allay fermentation of the bloud, Cure, In the cure of wounds of the head, if it be a - -—-- fimple ‘wound only to the Pericranium, the lips are to be brought clofe together; the ftitching: thefe wounds is objected againit by fome, left there- by Matter fhould be pent in, and Inflammation and cartes of the Skull follow, but done judicionfly ; it is fafe, if youcan fatisfie your felf that the wound ought {peedily to be healed. Abroad Ihave feen them as commonly. ftitcht as other incifed wounds, and do my felf in great wounds of the Scalp make afew ititches to keep it clofe ; however you are not to croud thofe wounds with doffils, but having fhaved the hair bring the lips clofe together, and cure it bythe frft Intention, vid. Agglutination , asin fimple wounds,by Arceus’s Liniment or fome incarnative, and keeping the lips clofe by Empl. Bolo, or with fome of your Aftringent powders nixt with albem, over. Thus ina few days allthefe {imple incifed wounds may be cured. In a wound in the right Temporal Mufcle, where the Artery was wounded, I have often ftitcht them Simple in- cifed wounds. Obferv. Ye Wound in the Tem- : ar up without any ill Accident. Smith a Tanner fome- Mufde, timesin (heffer, Captain of a Company of Dra- goons pickt.up in ha{t to difturb us in our flight fromthe Battel at sorce/fer, was bleeding almoft to death, bya wound he received from fome of our routed Forces, when I was broughta prifoner to his Quarters F *