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CHAP. 69. REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS, AND FOE PURULENT 

 ERUPTIONS. 



For erysipelas a liniment of bears' grease is used, that from 

 the kidneys in particular ; fresh calves' dung also, or cow-dung ; 

 dried goats' milk cheese, with leeks ; or else the fine scrapings of 

 a deer's skin, brought off with pumice-stone and beaten up in 

 vinegar. Where there is redness of the skin attended with 

 itching, the foam from a horse's mouth is used, or the hoof, 

 reduced to ashes. 



For the cure of purulent 97 eruptions ashes of burnt asses' 

 dung are applied, with butter ; and for the removal of swarthy 

 pimples, dried goats' milk cheese, steeped in honey and vinegar, 

 is applied in the bath, no oil being used. Pustules are treated 

 with ashes of swine's dung, applied with water, or else ashes 

 of deer's antlers. 



CHAP. 70. REMEDIES FOR SPRAINS, INDURATIONS, AND BOILS. 



For the cure of sprains the following applications are used ; 

 wild boars' dung or swine's dung; calves' dung; wild boars' 

 foam, used fresh with vinegar; goats' dung, applied with 

 honey; and raw beef, used as a plaster. For swellings, swine's 

 dung is used, warmed in an earthen pot, and beaten up with 

 oil. The best emollient for all kinds of indurations upon the 

 body is wolf's fat, applied topically. In the case of sores 

 which are wanted to break, the most effectual plan is to apply 

 cow-dung warmed in hot ashes, or else goats' dung boiled in 

 vinegar or wine. For the cure of boils, beef-suet is applied 

 with salt ; but if they are attended with pain, it is melted with 

 oil, and no salt is used. Goat- suet is employed in a similar 

 manner. 



CHAP. 71. REMEDIES FOR BURNS. THE METHOD OF TESTING 



BULL-GLUE ; SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. 



For the treatment of burns, bears' grease is used, with lily 

 roots; dried wild boars' dung also, or swine's dung; the ashes 

 of burnt bristles, extracted from plasterers' brushes, beaten up 

 with grease ; the pastern-bone of an ox, reduced to ashes, and 

 mixed with wax and bull's marrow or deer's marrow ; or the 

 dung of a hare. The dung, too, of a she-goat, they say, will 

 effect a cure without leaving any scars. 



91 " Eruptionibus pituitse," 



