The weekly union record., 1865-11-04
SORES.

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Sores are accidental or spontaneous.
They sometimes heal readily ; at 9TH
ers, they resist all known remedies, and
last for months, years, and even to the
close of life. Many persons appear in
perfect health, and yet, on inquiry, it
will be found that they have had run
ming sores on some part Of the body for
many years If person is in good
health, and sore is made by bruise,
scratch, splinter Or otherwise, it viii
heal of itself rapidly but if an invalid,
or if feeble constitution, the sore will
be a long time in healing, and may
prove very Troublesome. Persons who
drink alcoholic liquors have very little
healing power, and slight bruise or
abrasion of the skin will be weeks and
months in getting we'll. The men who
work about the London breweries drink
large quantities Of ale and beer every
day, and when they get to be forty or
fifty years old, the scratch of a pin
sometimes becomes fatal; and very
slight bruises or cuts are healed with
the greatest difficulty. Anabrasion on
the "shin' very often becomes q running
sore for life, because there is but little
vitality in the part. A gentleman of
wealth, in getting into his carriage, had
q slip Of the foot, and the fore part of
his leg scraped against the iron door
step; it infamed, spread, liberated ;
modification took place, and he died.
He drank liquor habitually. The
healthiest persons should protect any
sore on the fore part of the leg from be-
ing rubbed by the clothing. Never
allow the scab to be picked off; let it
fall off of itself. Sores sometimes come
without apparent cause. 1t Is because
the blood is bad, is in diseased con-
-ditsA, and nature is making all effort
to throw it out Of the system. The
person is apparently well /; has a good
appetite; tries this thing, that and the
other, but nothing seems to do any good,
besides keeping it clean and moist, until
nature has relieved herself, until the
blood has ''run itself pure; and then
the sore heals without any agency.
Very often at the turning point, per-
son happens, on advice, to smear on a
little goose grease, or other inert mate
rial, and the sore gets well-not as a
consequence, but as coincdence-and
thereafter, until life's close, goose grease
with that individual becomes a famous
remedy; is good for sores and every
thing else. The sores in such cases
have prevented an attack Of fever or
other sickness. On the appearance Of
any sore, it is wise to begin at once and
eatnothlng but fruits and coarse bread.
Keep the body clean and exercise more
freely in the open air, and thus aid ma
ture in working off the offending matter.
Life is often lost by healing up run
ming sore rapidly. 1t should never be
done, unless at the same time the system
is kept free by the use of laxative food
or medicine. Under such conditions,
the most incorrigible scrofulous sores
may be soon and safely healed, thus ::
FIRST wash the sore well, then apply with
soft brusa or rag, twice a day, the
following put one ounce of aquafortis
into bowl or saucer; drop in two
copper cents; when efferveSconce ceases,
add two ounces Of strong vinegar. If
it smarts too severely, add a little rain
water. Halls Journal of Health.