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Treatment of Bed-Sores

Remove the excessive discharge by gently pressing the part with a bit of cotton wadding; then paint the sore over with prepared colloand to place above this a layer of raw cotton, the latter having the property of filtering the air, and to retain the germs which determine putrid fermentation. In cancers of the womb it is necessary to repeat the injections several times a day, dion (see No. 4744), using a soft camel-hair 5509. Ulcers in the Mouth. If the pencil. The application may be repeated ulcers are not of a syphilitic origin, a local daily, and when it has well dried place a wash of carbolic acid or permanganate of bit of soft lint or cotton wadding over the potassa will speedily cure them; say 1 part of part for protection. acid or permanganate to 100 of water. If

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