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particularly useful, applied in combination with wax ; and the 

 remedy is all the more efficacious, if a sheep's jaw-bones are 

 burnt with the other ingredient^ together with a deer's antler, 

 and some wax dissolved in oil of roses. For broken bones, a 

 dog's brains are used, spread upon a linen cloth, with wool 

 laid upon the surface and moistened every now and then. The 

 fractured bone will mostly unite in the course of fourteen 

 days ; and a cure equally expeditious may be effected by using 

 the ashes of burnt field-mice, with honey, or of burnt earth- 

 worms ; a substance which is extremely useful for the ex- 

 traction of splintered bones. 



CHAP. 41. APPLICATIONS FOR CICATRIZATIONS, AND FOR THE 

 CURE OF MORPHEW, 



Cicatrizations are restored to their original colour by apply- 

 ing sheep's lights, those of a ram in particular ; mutton-suet, 

 mixed with nitre ; the ashes of a green lizard ; a snake's slough, 

 boiled in wine ; or else pigeons' dung, mixed with honey ; 

 a preparation which, in combination with wine, is good for 

 the removal of white morphew. For the cure, also, of mor- 

 phew, cantharides are used, with two-thirds of rue- leaves; 

 a preparation which the patient must keep applied, in the sun, 

 till the skin itches and rises in blisters ; after which it must 

 be fomented and well rubbed with oil, and the application re- 

 peated. This must be done for several days in succession, due 

 precautions being taken that the ulcerations do not penetrate 

 too deep. 



For the cure, too, of morphew, a liniment is recommended, 

 made of flies and root of agrimony ; the white part also of 

 poultry dung, kept in a horn box with stale oil ; a bat's blood ; 

 or else the gall of a hedge-hog applied with water. Itch- scab 

 is cured by using the brains of a horned owl, incorporated with 

 saltpetre ; but dog's blood is the best thing to keep it in 

 check. The small, broad, snail that is found, crushed and ap- 

 plied topically, is an effectual cure for itching sensations. 



CHAP. 42. METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FROM 

 THE BODY. 



Arrows, pointed weapons, and other foreign substances that, 

 require to be extracted from the body, are removed by the 



