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tained but by in[lrtimcntal extirpatloji . As this 

 muft be unavoidably attended with lols of 

 time, and a proportional {hare of danger, if 

 feated upon or interfecled by the mufcular 

 parts, perhaps it may be moft prudent to omit 

 the experiment and fabm.it it to chance. 



Scrofulous Tumours are fuch as origi- 

 nate in fcorbutic or hereditary taints, and in^■' 

 creafe or diminifli according to the ftate or 

 acrimony of the blood ; they are therefore more 

 than any of the others dependent upon exter- 

 nal application, and particularly the mercurial 

 ungiie7it jufl before defcribed, aiiifled by a 

 courfe of mercurial or antimonial altera- 

 tives, as may be difcretionally feleded froin 

 the chapters on thofe fubjeds. As the mercu- 

 rial ointment has been repeatedly recommend- 

 ed, it may not be inapplicable to introduce tli§ 

 mode of preparation ; 



Take quick filver two ounces 5 

 Lard fix ounces ; 

 Balfarn of fulphur half an ounce. 

 B-ub the quickfiiver with the ballam in a metal mortar 

 till the globules difappear ; then add the lard by de-r 

 grees, firil niac^e warm, and keep \\\ a pot for ufe. 



I now 



