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repeatedly touclied i?i various directions, with 

 the edge of a lancet, history, pen-knife, or 

 any other applicahle instrument, exceedingly 

 sharp ; then dressed with asuhstantial pled- 

 get of the following precipitate ointment, 

 covered with the warm stahle digestive, and 

 ^ bandage best adapted to the part affected : 



Take red precipitate, finely powdered, half an ounce; 

 yellow basilicon, two ounces ; and let them be well 

 incorporated upon a marble slab for use. 



When the fungus is entirely subdued, and 

 the cure nearly completed, this ointment 

 may be omitted : but I believe it can be very 

 rarely laid aside with propriety ; for I find 

 in my general practice, it is almost impos- 

 sible to relinquish it totally, the excrescence 

 continuing to shoot, in many cases, till the 

 ivound x^yerftctlxi healed. 



The mode of treatment will also be found 

 miost strictly applicable to broken knees of 

 any considerable consequence, without dis- 

 tinction, some very remarkable cases of which 

 have fallen under my inspection, tiiat have 

 had their different terminations : of the most 

 §in<jular was the vervliorse whose ^' iiiiamen- 



