ULCERS. 167 



with Locatellus's balfajriy or the following 

 EPULOTic cerate: 



Take of white diachylon pJafter and olive oil, each 



two ounces ; 

 Locatellus's balfam, and balfam of capivi, each one 



ounce ; 

 Melt the plafl-er and Locatellus in the oil over the 



fire ; take off, and when nearly cool ftir In the 



capivi, a little at a time, till it is all incorporated. 



In fhbrt, cafes of this kind come fo fre- 

 quently under the hands of the farrier, that 

 little might have been thought necefiary upon 

 the fubjedt: but I have been thus explicit, for 

 the information and advantage of thofe who 

 are STRANGERS to both THEORY and 

 PRACTICE; that being " forewarned 

 they may be forearmed," and not fuffer a 

 fimple accident to be gradually ripened to a fe- 

 rious misfortune ; but, availing themfelves of 

 this requilite inilrudlion, fo dejlroy the preva- 

 lence of MYSTERY and power of PREJUDICE, 



* as to enfure a cure under their own fuperinten- 

 dence upon a bafis rational, clear, and com- 

 prehenfive, divefted of the folly of experi- 

 ments and cruelty of ancient practice. 



M4 FIS. 



