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Inflammation Of The Finger Case Xxxi

Categories: OF SOME ANOMALOUS CASES.
Sources: Application Of The Lunar Caustic In The Cure Of Certain Wounds And Ulcers

A young man, aged 18, came to me with a painful swelling of the

middle finger of the right hand; suspecting deep-seated abscess, I

made a free incision and evacuated a little pus. I then applied the

lunar caustic within the cavity and directed a cold poultice to be

applied with lotion.



On the fourth day my patient had returned to his occupation as a dyer.



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