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t'heir. rigidity, and separate themselves. And 

 this will be more readily promoted by rub- 

 bing in a proper proportion of the following 

 ointment, in an hour after the washing, when, 

 by time and wiping, they are tolerably dry. 



Take campborated s|3ermaceti ointment, two ounces ; 

 Cinnabar of antimony and oil of tartar, per deli- 

 qiiium, eacli half an ounce. Mix, and use plen- 

 tifully twice a day. 



So soon as the cracks are perfectly free 

 from scabs or scurf, a cure may reasonably be 

 expected, by washing with equal parts of 

 vinegar and tincture of myrrh, moistening 

 the surface occasionally with the ungueyit be- 

 fore mentioned. Rut where, from loiig ne- 

 glect, or an acrhiiony of the juices, they have 

 acquired a degree of virulence, not subiriit- 

 ting to the above treatment, let them be dress- 

 ed twice a day with the strong Jiiercurial oint^ 

 inenf^ previously washing them well with a 

 compound of vinegar, water, and soap lees, 

 equal parts. Should a perceptible foulness 

 in the subject justify the measure, take away 

 a proper quantity of blood, and giye announce 

 oi nitre dissolved in water, twice a day for a 

 fortnight, or short course of the diuretic balls, 



