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clean and pounded to a pafte ; adding thereto of lin- 

 feed and fcenugreek (in powder) of each an ounce, 

 fiirring in, while hot, of turpentine two ounces, 

 and of lard, four, laying it on moderately v/arm, 

 and bandaging firm. 



This proportion is meant for two poultices, 

 as the fomentation ihould be repeated^ and the 

 application of poukice- renewed, every night 

 and morning, till an opening in the fwelling is 

 efFe<5ted ; upon which appearance of difcharge 

 let the aperture be a little enlarged with a 

 bijlory, or the point of any fliarp inflrument 

 adequate to the purpofe; afterwards drefiing 

 with tow, fpread with the ftable digelHve 

 ointment, or common yellow bafilicon, firft 

 made warm, and fome of the unguent, (in 

 preference to a tent) plentifully infniuated 

 within the orifice, to facilitate its effefl:. Over 

 this digeilive, for the firft two or three dref- 

 6ngs, continue the poultice ^ by which treat- 

 ment, though attended with a little more 

 trouble, you may moft afluredly fliorten the 

 difeafe : by this method your difcharge will be 

 copious, every fymptom v/ill gradually decline, 

 and the cure, under the foljowing aids and 

 regulations, become fpeedily complete, 



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