I took the advise and went to the doctor. He said it was botflies, so he put some turpentin on it and those wiggling things stopped wiggling so I guess he was right. He also gave me some asophetidal supposotries to use three times each day and bled me a bit. When I asked him about the gangreen he snapped his fingers and said "Oops!" and then caghterized it with a hot branding iron (I'm in rural Montana, near Ted Turner's spread). It hurt some and the suppositories burn some too (he put some hot chiles in them to kill the germs). Anyway, he killed off the proud flesh and I feel good enough to go to the dance and football game tonight (I'm a kicker on our local team). Oh, yeah, he told me not to eat clams for a week. And the next time I cut myself like that I'm supposed to go see him right away or at least the next day and not wait so long. Which I will do.

Thank you for your advise and next time I have a problem I'll drop in. Unless maybe you can fix a cinch?