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remedy is mutton suet, mixed with the ashes of a woman's hair ; 

 a good application, too, for chilblains is mutton suet, mixed 

 with alum, or else ashes of a burnt dog's head or of burnt 

 mouse-dung. Ulcers, free from discharge, are brought to cica- 

 trize by using the above-named substances in combination with 

 wax ; ashes, also, of burnt dormice, mixed with oil ; ashes of 

 burnt wood-mice, mixed with honey ; ashes of burnt earth- 

 worms, applied with ol.d oil ; or else ashes of the snails without 

 a shell that are so commonly found. All ulcers on the feet are 

 cured by the application of ashes of snails, burnt alive ; and 

 for excoriations of the feet, ashes of burnt poultry-dung are 

 used, or ashes of burnt pigeons' dung, mixed with oil. When 

 the feet have been galled by the shoes, the ashes of an old shoe- 

 sole are used, or the lights of a lamb or ram. For gatherings 

 beneath 18 the nails, a horse's tooth, powdered, is a sovereign 

 remedy. A light application of a green lizard's blood, will 

 cure the feet of man or beast when galled beneath. 



For the removal of corns upon the feet, the urine of a mule 

 of either sex is applied, mixed with the mud which it has 

 formed upon the ground ; sheep's dung, also ; the liver of a 

 green lizard, or the blood of that animal, applied in wool ; 

 earth-worms, mixed with oil ; the head of a spotted lizard, 

 pounded with an equal quantity of vitex and mixed with oil ; 

 or pigeons' dung, boiled with vinegar. For the cure of all kinds 

 of warts, dogs' urine is applied fresh, with the mud which it 

 has formed upon the ground ; dogs' dung, also, reduced to ashes 

 and mixed with wax ; sheep's dung ; the blood of mice, ap- 

 plied fresh, or the body of a mouse, split asunder ; the gall of 

 a hedgehog ; a lizard's head or blood, or the ashes of that 

 animal, burnt entire ; the cast-off slough of a snake ; or else 

 poultry dung, applied with oil and nitre. Cantharides, also, 

 bruised with Taminian 19 grapes, act corrosively upon warts : 

 but when warts have been thus removed, the remedies should 

 be employed which we have pointed out for ulcerations on the 

 skin. 



CHAP. 24. (10.) REMEDIES FOR EVILS WHICH ARE LIABLE TO 



AFFECT THE WHOLE BODY. 



We will now turn our attention to those evils which are a 

 18 " Subluviem." The same, probably, as the disease of the fingers which 

 he elsewhere calls " paronychia," and perhaps identical with whitlow. 

 See B. xxiii. c. 13. 



