WOR. the soil with soot, or salt; or to Sprinkle it with sea-water ; and, where this cannot be easily pro- cured, with a solution of bay-salt m common water. The brine of salted meat may likewise be em- ployed in i^ardens 5 or, if walnut- feaves be steeped in water for a few days, the fluid will acquire such a degree of bitterness, as to prove a certain poison to reptiles of every description. Worm, the Glow. See Glow- worm. Worm, the Silk. See Silk- worm. Worm, the Tape. See Tape- worm. Worms, in Dogs. See vol. ii. p. 151. Worms, in Hor*«. SeeBoTTS. Wormwood, the Common. See MUGWORT. WORMWOOD, the Sea, or Sea Southern-wood, Artemisia •mantima, L. is an indigenous pe- rennial, growing on the sea-coasts, and flowering in the month of Au- gust. — In its wild state, the odour of this plant is similar to that of the Marum Germander (see vol. ii. p. 369); or of Camphor; but, when cultivated in gardens, it be- comes less fragrant. Its virtues Correspond with those of the Mug- wort, or Common Wormwood, though in an inferior degree. The Sea Wormwood is fre- quently used as an ingredient in distilled waters : when triturated with fine sugar, it is formed into a conserve. — ^This marine plant is eaten by horses ; but refused by cows, goats, and sheep. WORT, is an infusion of malt, from which different kinds of Alk end Bekk are brewed. If'ort possesses considerable anti- Septic properties, and has often WOU [35t proved an excellent dlet-drink# which remarkably promoted the cure of tlie true Scurvy : — it may also be advantageously used as common beverage, in cancerous ulcers, and in all other cases, where a strong putrid dispositioa prevails in the fluids. WOUND, in surgery, is a re- cent and violent solution of con- tinuity in a soft, external part of the body; being attended with an effusion of blood. — ^T.'o enter into a full discussion of the difTerent kinds of wounds, as denominated from the parts atfefted, would ex- ceed the limits of this work : wc shall, therefore, first give a short account of wounds in general, and afterwards treat of such casualties, according to their particular situa- tions. The danger attending a wound, depends chiefly on the part which is injured, and on the constitution of the patient. If, however, the heart, any of the large internal blood-vessels, the spinal inarrow, or the brain, be wounded, the as- sistance of an expert surgeon ought instantly to be procured ; as the event generally proves fatal. Si-* milar consequences may be appre- hended, when nerves proceeding to the heart, are materially in- jured. On the otlier hand, if the wound be superficial, or what is usually termed a cut, in the upper or lower extremities, especially in the muscu-' lar part of the arm, hand, finger, or in the leg or foot, it will be advisable immediately to compress the wound- ed part (without examining its size and (^mensions), so as to exclude every access of air, and to prevent the eflOux of blood: — next, any tenacious matter, such as glue, shoe-na:iker's wax, gold-beater's leaf.
