A dangerous Wound is that which is complicated the Accidents whereof are dreadful: As when an Artery is open'd or prick'd, when a Nerve or Tendon is cut, or when the Wound is near a Joynt and accompanied with a Dislocation or Fracture. A mortal Wound is that which must be inevitably follow'd by Death; as is that which is situated deep in a principal Part necessary for the Preservation of Life.
What are the Parts wherein Wounds are mortal?
They are the Brain, the Heart, the Lungs, the Oesophagus or Gullet, the Diaphragm, the Liver, the Stomach, the Spleen, the small Guts, the Bladder, the Womb, and generally all the great Vessels.
Wherein doth the Cure of Wounds consist?
In helping Nature readily to procure the reuniting of the Parts that have been divided, after having taken away or asswag'd every thing that might cause an Obstacle.
What are the things that hinder the speedy reunion of the Parts?
They are extraneous Bodies found therein, as Bullets, Flocks, and Pieces of Wood or Stone, &c. As also sometimes the Accidents which attend 'em; as an Hæmorrhage or Flux of Blood, Inflammation, Esthiomenus or Mortification, Hypersarcosis, or an Excrescence of Flesh, Dislocation, the Fracture of a Bone, the Splinter of a Bone, & sometimes a contrary Air.
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What are the Remedies proper for stopping an Hæmorrhage or Flux of Blood?