lOa GREASE. 



Ti/emeal and oatmeal-, with garlic and wJiifc 

 Uly root, of each two ounces ; both beat to a 

 pastC;, and all mixed together to a proper 

 consistence, with a part of the decoction 

 prepared for tlie fomentation ; and then stir 

 in a quarter of a pound of lard^ and apply as 

 warm as may be with safety. 



On the contrary^ if circumstances should 

 not be so severe as to require the poultice^ 

 the following ointment may be plentifully 

 applied after the fomentation (when rubbed 

 dry) ; or, in worse cases, w^hen the poultice 

 is left off 



Take ointment of elder four ounces ; 



Camphor, powdered and mollified witfi a littfe 



olive oil, six drachms ; 

 Of liquid laudanum and extract of Saturn^ each 



two drachms ; 

 Mix well together^ and keep close stopped for usc> 



But when the case is so obstinate as to 

 bear no signs of submission either in a re- 

 duction of the discharge, or a decrease of the 

 swelling, let longitudinal and transverse sca^ 

 rijications be made superficially with a fleam, 

 in number and distance proportioned to tlie 

 distention of the parts> (or inveteracy of ap- 



