_Take oatmeal (15) or (if that is not on board) biscuit pounded
about three spoonfuls, honey one spoonful, water a sufficient
quantity to boil it into soft poultice; in which put of sweet
oil about half a spoonful. This poultice should be renewed twice
a day at least, and put on as warm as possible it can be borne._
As gun-shot wounds are apt to degenerate into malignant ulcers, I shall
refer the reader to the treatment of ulcers in general.
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