Show TO CURE A FELON how to treat alk chese re and 1 I sore sores A felon is a 9 severe tin nul I 1 usually a most painful inflammation of the en ell I 1 of tl 0 finger more commonly edtl tr the thumb or index binger of the right li inin ind for alm reason that tl ti ess ae are most t th little wounds from vl wl ia tl 0 tr uble able starts bat blit ai at jr of the fingers or evon une one of tike the tow toe may bo be the beat of a felon the inflammation stargil batlle from me ina ancic I 1 bicic or apenir a pin r I 1 eeme or from front a scratch or cut but often offer the N woun oun I 1 1 id is so ISO blight slight that no notice is taken of it until the finder finger bigins to grow sore tl TI e soreness boon soon in to actual pain and una his rapidly becomes intense and throbbing an 3 sometimes la is felt all the way ay up the arm it is worse N oreo N wl I 1 en the hand band is allon allowed ed to ban hang dow don it the ball of tl 0 e finger is hot red and sN swollen ollen at the pame time the i adient feels more or lees less III is fe and has a headache an I 1 rai ral id pulse NN hen lien the inflammation Is deep beat seat ed i ns us collects beneath the pe nosUum or membrane covering the bone and this greatly increases the distress as well as the danger if allowed to go on unrelieved the inflammation may creep up the finger into the palm of the hand band an I 1 then the condition becomes a most serious one in almost any case when one once i ns as has formed beneath the beum more or less of the bone will die leaving the end of the linger finger crippled or ired by a deep scar sear NN hen lien the treatment is begun very ery eaily early it is sometimes possible to cut short the inflammation by col coil I 1 cloths claths ai plied continuously to the inflame laine 1 part these must be frequently renew ed for if allowed to get warm arm they will act as poultices and rather hasten suppuration p pu ration then arrest it at the game same time the arm should be kept in a sling with nith he the hand raised and resting resti rg on oil the chest it the inflammation does not rapidly subside under this treatment we must reverse it an I 1 try to bring matters to a head by means of poultices or wet cloths claths applied as hot as they can be borne an I 1 chanced changed very often the only thing to be done when pus baa formed Is to cut the finger and let it out this is painful enough for the instinct but it will prevent many days of acute atif suffering fering and all danger of severe inflammation of the band and 1 I arm with subsequent blood poisoning auth a comy companion anion |