To prevent lockjaw, it was suggested that the wound should be made to bleed copiously until it became numb. Suggestions to make it bleed included tapping the wound with a stick or knife handle.
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Lockjaw
One old cure for lockjaw involved pouring a little warm turpentine into the wound that had caused, or might cause, lockjaw. Another cure for lockjaw involved smoking the wound in the smoke from burning wool.
To prevent lockjaw, it was suggested that the wound should be made to bleed copiously until it became numb. Suggestions to make it bleed included tapping the wound with a stick or knife handle.
To prevent lockjaw, it was suggested that the wound should be made to bleed copiously until it became numb. Suggestions to make it bleed included tapping the wound with a stick or knife handle.