So STRAINS. 



afFeded part every night and morning, never 

 omitting the ufe of the bandage tolerably firm. 



Take of Barbadoes tar and fpirits of turpentine each 



two ounces : 

 Opodeldoc four ounces.— Mix well together and keep 



flopped. 



Previous to the ufe of this, fhould any de- 

 gree of inflammation have been productive of 

 fwelling, a poultice may be applied twice a day, 

 prepared with a proper quantity of oatmeal, 

 rendered of a neceflary confiftence, with a 

 flrong decoftion of wormwood and camomile 

 (boiling a large handful of each in three pints 

 of water and llraining off;) this, by its emol- 

 lient tendency, will contribute to the early 

 reduftion of the inflammation, without a far- 

 ther relaxation of the tendinous parts : but the 

 poultice mufl: be immediately difcontinued fo 

 foon as the fvvelling fubfides, and the embro- 

 cation taken into ufe, as above direded. To 

 this very conflant application mull be added 

 reji : too much ftrefs cannot be laid upon this 

 rnofl predominant and neceflary article ; from 

 which the greater good muft certainly refult. 

 To the want of patience and mercy only it is 

 to be attributed that fuch an infinite number 

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