Take the powder of burn’d _Allum_ (17), and with a little lint dab it all over the fungous part, then spread a pledget of the salve mentioned in gun-shot wounds, No. I. and over which apply a good warm poultice there also mentioned. Let this dressing be repeated twice or thrice a day, till the inflammation ceases, and the fungous substance becomes reduced; when then, the washing, the allum and poultice may be left off, but the mentioned salve continued till the sore looks of a pale red, and begins all round the edge to heal up. Cleanliness is very commendable; but in this case, when a sore looks well, the matter becomes of a pale yellow; wiping should be very sparingly; and then, dressing once a day (the morning) is full sufficient; for by wiping, and often meddling with it, the small granulations of the flesh is hindered from growing, and healing is retarded. A sore leg is very troublesome, and very often attended with pain and expence, to no purpose. It generally swells, is inflamed and troublesome at night. Let the leg be bathed every night, (with the open sore) in some good warm soap suds; or instead of that, take what you can have plenty of, namely, sea water. If you can have it warm, it is well, if not, make use of it cold, rather half a dozen times of the day, than omitting it altogether; and by dressing the leg as before directed you’ll have reason to thank me for my good advice. Sometimes the bone is affected; in which case, the cure with the best dressing in the world will frequently be tedious. A sore of this kind will not heal till the bone has discharged a scale, (termed _exfoliation_.) But tedious as it is, very often it is made more so, by unnecessary trouble. Without intending to give offence to my brother surgeons, I have frequently seen bad consequences attending methods taught with diligence in hospitals; take my word for it, you will do no good with your scraping tools, throw them over board, and you’ll succeed better than using them in this case. The bones, though the hardest, are the most delicate parts in the whole body; but when it is affected, nature forms a new periosteum over the sound part, and gradually pushes forward the decayed scale. This wonderful work is performed by nature only, and must not be disturbed. By scraping, and boring of it, the tender periosteum will only be molested, the sound bone will become foul again, and so you may go on for ever; and I never saw a sore of that kind healed up by this improper method, till nature over-powered art, or the surgeon was tired with scraping, perforating, &c. but I have known many amputations in consequence of it, and many lives lost in consequence of that again; yet there is no rule without exception. There are cases where operations of that kind on the bones is required; but that ought to be referred to a judicious and experienced surgeon.