_ «BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. . 
~ goft, and shut close from the air, with simple ointments. These may, 
however, continue so long from mis-management or neglect, as to 
_ become constitutional, requiring general remedies. 
Constitutional ulcers may be occasioned by whatever produces 
bad blood and vitiated humors ; as scrofulous diseases, the venereal 
disease, ill-cured fevers, &c. Also ascorbutic acrimony, impoverish- 
ed blood, sedentary life, poor living, moist air damp ground, working 
- before a fire, as baking, &c. : . 
These ulcers serve as drains, which carry off the impurities gene- 
rated in the system by disease ; and we must not attempt to heal them 
till the system is properly cleansed, and the cause removed. 
If the sore discharges pus, or thick matter, purifying syrups must 
be used. If the matter discharged is of a thin acrimonious quality, 
‘im addition to the cleansing remedies, we should make use of 
__ strengthening tonics, and such medicines as give weight, warmth, 
and activity to the blood. ae : 
as 2 sore should be kept clean and healthy. If there is fungous 
e roud flesh, apply the green salve, or something ‘similar ; if it is 
foul, and smells very disagreeable, antiseptic poultices, as charcoal 
and yeast, arse-smart, and if necessary, fish-worms, should be ap- 
plied, to purify and sweeten it. Stimulating washes and powders are 
serviceable, if the ulcer has become callous and insensible; as 
_ _bayberry, in powder or decoction; zanthoxylum, in decoction; 
9 ~ Wwiteh-hazle, &c. But while the sore continues soft, lively, and ap- 
= pears well, all that is necessary is to keep it sa with soft ointments, 
and with the proper administration of internal remedies, Nature will 
heal it up a3 soon as it can be done soundly. 
DISEASES OF WOMEN. 
_ Women in all civilized nations, have the management of domes~ 
tic affairs, and it is very proper they should, as Nature has made 
them less fit for the more active and laborious employments. This 
indulgence, however, is generally carried too far; and females, 
instead of being benefitted by it, are greatly injured from the want 
. of exercise and free air.. To be satisfied of this, one need only 
compare the fresh and ruddy looks of a milk-maid, with the pale 
_ complexion of those females whose whole time is spent within doors. 
Though Nature has made an evident distinction between the male 
and the female with regard to bodily strength and vigor, yet she 
certainly never meant either that one should be always without, or _ 
that the other should be always within doors. eS ae 
: The confinement of females, besides hurting their figures and 
: complexion, relaxes their solids, weakens th 
ders all the functions of the body. Hence proceed obstructions, in- 
digestion, flatulence, abortions, and the whole train of nervous dis-  __ 
for being mothers and nurses, 
orders. These not only unfit women 
but often render them whimsical and ridiculous. A sound mind — 
_ depends so much upon a healthy body, that when the latter is w: 
ing, the former is rarely to be found. 
ir minds, and disor- - 
