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INTRODUCTION. ixxm 



very useful, and cur charitable shop should 



not be without them. 



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lied unsfuentum : this 



IS made by melting together four ounces of white 



wax, and three ounces of spermaceti^ in a pint cf 



sallad oil, and adding/ if it be desired, three 



ounces of ceness, and a dram and half of camphire: 



But it is better for all common purposesr without 

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ese. 



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2. Yellow basilicon, which is made by melting 

 together yellow wax, ^esin, and burgundy pitch> 

 of each half a pound, in a pint of oil of olives^ 



and adding three ounces of turpentine. 



3. Black basilicon, which is made by melting 



together in a pint of olive oil^ yellow wax^ rcsiiij 

 and pitch, of each nine ounces. 



4. The mercurial ointment, which is thus made; 

 rub together in an iron mortar, a pound of quick- 

 silver^ and an ounce of turpentine ; when they ar« 

 well mixed, add four pounds of hog's-lard melted^ 

 and mix all thoroughly together. The ointment 

 of tutty is prepared with levigated tutty^ and as 

 much viper's fat as will make it into a soft ointment : 

 these are only to be mixed together upon a marble^ 

 hy working them with a thin knife. This if 

 for disorders of the eyes, the foregoing for the 

 itch, and many other complaints, but it must be 

 used cautiously. And those which were before 

 named for old sores. 



Of the same nature with the ointments, are, ia 



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some degree, the oils made hy infusion of herbs 

 and flowers in commoo oil. These are also very 

 easily prepared, and an instance or two will serve 

 to explain the making of them all. The most 

 regarded among these is the oil of St. John's- 

 wort, and that is thus made ; pick clean a quarter 

 of a pound of the flowers of common St. JubnV 



