184 TUMOURS. 



of NATURE, solicit the interposition of 

 REASON, and in conjunction they will be 

 found most admirable aiLxUiaries to the judi- 

 cious EXERTIONS of ART. All tumours (pro- 

 ceeding from what cause soever) tending to 

 certain maturation, should be expeditiously 

 assisted with very warm foimntafions, com- 

 posed of camomile, 7iun\sh mallows, rosemary, 

 lavender, xcormwood, elder flowers^ or any two 

 or three of the whole, the properties of 

 stimulus and heat being still the same, and to 

 be eifected by a part as well as the entire. 



After each time of using the fomentation, 

 apply <i poultice of the suppurating kind ; se- 

 lecting from the following articles such in- 

 gredients as may prove most apphcable to 

 the purpose : 



Coarse breajJ, boiled turnips, pollard, or bran, camomile 

 flowers, flour of mustard, wliite lily root, (beat to a 

 paste) with an additioQ of turpentine, yellow basi- 

 licon, and lard suGicient to keep k moist. 



These applications must be regularly con- 

 tinued till the pliability of the tumour, and 

 the fluctuation of matter, prove it in a pro- 

 per state for perforation. Let it then be 



