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2. For a strengtlining plaister, raelt tvio pounds 

 of the common plaister^ apd add to it half a pound 

 of frankinceuse^ and three ounces of dragon's 



blood, 



* 3. For a drawing plaister, melt together yellow 

 wax and yellow resin, of each three pounds, and 

 a pound ,of mutton suet. This is used instead of 

 the old melilot plaister to dress blisters ; and the 

 blister plaister itself is made of it, only by adding " 

 half a pint of vinegar, and a pound of Spanish 

 flies in powder, to two pounds of it, just as it - 

 begins to cool from meltini^. The quicksilver 

 plaister is thus made ; rub three ounces of quick- 

 silver, with a dram of balsam of sulphur, till it 

 no longer appear in globules, then pour in k pound 



plaister melted, and mix them well 



together. 



To close this chapter, I sliall add a few wa-* 

 ters made without distillation, which arc very 



cheap and very serviceable, and the family snop 

 will then be quite compleat. 



1. Lime water* This is made by pouring gra- 

 dually six quarts of water upon a pound of quick, 

 lime; when it has stood to be clear, it must be 

 poured oiF. If a pound of lignun vitss wood, an 

 ounce of liquorice root, and half a^ounce of sas- 

 safras bark be added to three quarts of lime wa- 

 ter, it is called compound lime water ; and is ex- 

 cellent in foulnesses of th^ blood. 



2, The blue eye water. This is made by put- 

 ting a dram of sal ammoniac into a pint of 

 water, and letting it stand in a brass vessel, till it 

 is of a sky blue colour. 



3- Alum water is made by boiling half an ounce 

 of white vitriol, and the same quantity of alum 

 in a quart ot water, till they are dissolved. 



. Thus have we described all the dings and com- 



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