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fluous and nugatory ; as it becomes imme- 

 diately extraneous, and of course putrifies 

 and- sloughs off with the dressini>;s. After 

 all the various instructions laid down for the 

 different apphcations, under a multiphcity of 

 preceding articles, forming a regular chain 

 of connexion, any farther addition must be 

 unnecessary, one liiut only excepted, viz. in 

 the treatment of any, or all, where the va- 

 cuums are laroe and the discharo-e sluoo'is}i 

 from the mouths of the vessels beina* piuoor- 

 ed by a viscidity of the matter ; or thin and 

 ichorous, from a languor and coldness of the 

 parts, a frequent use of the following deter- 

 gent will both cleanse and stimulate, so as 

 to remove the obstruction in the first in- 

 stance, and promote a proper discharge in 

 the other : .^ 



Take of white vitriol and sugar of kad each three 

 dracbras ; 

 Spring water half a pint ; 

 Tincture of mj^rrh one ounce. — Mix. 



And in all cases, where the fungus or 

 proud flesh does not submit to the precipit^ite 

 ointment, pledgets of dry lint under the di-r 

 gestives, or applications of the above lotion, 

 a small portion of the red precipitate^ white 



