3219. Carded cotton is used as a dressing for superficial burns, and care should be taken to free it from specks, as flies are apt to lay their eggs there, and generate maggots.
3220. Tow is chiefly employed as a padding for splints, as compresses, and also as an outer dressing where there is much discharge from a surface.
3221. Ointments are spread on calicoes, lint, or even thin layers of tow by means of a knife; they should not be spread too thick.
3222. Adhesive plaster is cut into strips, ranging in width according to the nature of the wound, &c., but the usual width is about three-quarters of an inch.
3223. Isinglass plaster is not so irritating as diachylon, and is more easily removed.