I now applied the caustic freely within the orifice.
On the following day there was less swelling and discharge.
Two days afterwards, the caustic was again applied, and in eight days from the first application of the caustic the hand was quite well.
3. Of Fungous Ulcer of the Navel in Infants.
It sometimes occurs that a little fungous sore exists upon the navel in infants which is difficult of cure in the ordinary way. I had one case which had subsisted for two years, and another, which had continued for two months, and were, during those periods, a source of great trouble and uneasiness to the mothers of the little patients. These ulcers are easily cured in the following manner.
The fungus is to be completely removed by a pair of scissors, and when the bleeding has quite ceased, the lunar caustic is to be applied, and the part defended by the gold-beater's skin and kept carefully from any moisture.
In one of the cases mentioned above the eschar was accidentally separated twice and required to be renewed; but both cases were cured in the space of a few days.
4. Of Inflammation of the Knee.
Servant women, I suspect from much kneeling in scouring stairs, &c. are subject to a species of inflammation of the knee which is frequently extremely troublesome.