8e) STRAINS. 



affedcd 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 ; 

 Opodeloc four ounces. — Mix well together and 

 keep Hopped. 



Previous to the ufe of this, fhould any de- 

 gree of inflammation have been prbdudive of 

 fwelling, a poultice may be applied twice a day, 

 pt-epared with a proper quantity of oatmeal, 

 rendered of a necellliry confidence, with a 

 ftrong decodion of wormwood and camomile 

 (boiling a large handful of each in three pints 

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

 lient tendency, will contribute to the early 

 redudlon of the inflammation, without a far- 

 ther relaxanon of the tendinous parts : but the 

 poultice muft be immediately difcontinued fo 

 foon as the fwelling fubfides, and the embro- 

 cation taken into ufe, as above direded. To 

 this very conftant application mufl: be added 

 refl: too much llrefs cannot be laid upon this 

 mofl: predominant and necefiary article; from 

 which the greater good mufl: certainly refult; 

 To the want of patience and rnei'-cy only it is 

 to be attributed that fuch an infinite number 



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