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• If the wounds are superficial, the same kind of a tube can be used to which a cuff of turkish towel is wrapped around the end of the tube If you feel that the wounds are sure to be infected, it would be well to lay them open freely and immediately start this treatment, be sure to have the skin well protected with the vaseline and gauze and see that the solution does not run out of the wound on the bed. —  A Journey Through France in War Time
• It is hollow, superficial, and full of cant. —  Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
• The rendering is in one sense superficial, and open to the censures of the moralist--"from without inwards"--like the characters of Scott. —  Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature
• Afterwards apply a cold lotion CUTS AND WOUNDS--Clean cut wounds whether deep or superficial, and likely to heal by the first intention, should always be washed or cleaned, and at once evenly and smoothly closed by bringing both edges close together and securing them in that position by adhesive plaster. —  The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference
• He is seized by the external and the superficial, and revels in every detail that appeals to the five senses. —  Critical Miscellanies, Volume I (of 3) Essay 4: Macaulay

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