86 STRAINS. 



or finking in deep ground, and forcible exer- 

 tions to get extricated. Thefe being fituated 

 at the jundtion of the bones, and in moft cafes 

 fo covered with the mufcles and foft parts, 

 that no great expeftation of reHef can be 

 formed upon the efficacy of external applica- 

 tion, when the feat of pain is unluckily fo re- 

 mote from the furface. But as thefe cafes are 

 very frequently produd:ive of internal heat, ex- 

 citing fymptomatic inflammation, wafh well 

 with the following Lotion three or four times 

 every day, adhering ftill clofely to the article of 

 refty already repeatedly mentioned, and never 

 can be fufficiehtly attended to; remembering 

 alfo the great utiUty of bandage, where it car^ 

 |)e conveniently applied: 



Take beft v^hite wine vinegar one pint: 

 Extrad of Saturn two ounces ; 

 Camphorated fpirits of wine four ounces ; 

 And rain or pond water one pint. 



Mix the extraiSt with the camphorated fpirits ; then ad4 

 the vinegar, fhaking well together \ and, laftlyj ad^ 

 the water for frequent ufe. 



To enumerate the variety of ftrains, and 

 particularife the different fymptoms conftitut- 



