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Treatment of Sprains

The 5500. Treatment of Cuts. The divigreat remedy is rest; when severe, rest for ded parts should be drawn close together, and days, to save weeks; the best treatment is held so with small pieces of strapping or adwarm fomentations at the time of accident, to hesive plaster stretched across the wound, or prevent or reduce the swelling and pain, and by the application of collodion. If the part arnica, applied by means of rags, to prevent be covered with blood, it should be first wiped pain and give strength to the part. The off with a sponge. When the wound is large, tincture of arnica is the preparation used. If and the parts much exposed, a good method the skin is not broken, about 20 to 30 drops, is to sew it up. The application of a little creosote will generally stop local bleeding, provided it be applied to the clean extremities of the wounded vessels. A good way is to place or even, in severe cases, 60 drops may be added to a wine-glassful of water. If the skin is broken, or any abrasion is present, the strength of the tincture must be considerably a piece of lint, moistened with creosote, on reduced; from 5 to 10 drops will then be suf- the wound previously wiped clean, or to pour ficient , and if any redness or inflammation a drop or two of that liquid upon it. Friar's occurs in or about the sprain, in consequence balsam, quick-drying copal varnish, tincture of using the lotion, leave it off at once and of galls, copperas water, black ink, &c., are use only cold water. A firm bandage will be useful to support the part. Walking should, for a considerable time, be only sparingly indulged in after a severe sprain. popular remedies applied in the same way.

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