io8 GREASE. 



On the contrary, if circumftances (hould not 

 be fo fcvere as to require the poultice, the fol- 

 lowing OINTMENT may be plentifully applied 

 after the fomentation (when rubbed dry); or, 

 in worfe cafes, when the poultice is left off; 



Take ointment of elder four ounces; 

 Camphire, powdered and molified with a little 



olive oil, fix drachms; 

 Of liquid laudanum and extrad of Saturn, each 



two drachms ; 

 Mix well together, and keep clofe flopped for 



ufe. 



But when the cafe is fo obftinate as to bear 

 no figns of fubmiiSion either in a redudion of 

 the difcharge, or a decreafe of the fwelling, 

 let longitudinal and iv^iniytrk fear ific at ions be 

 made fuperficially with a fleam, in number and 

 diftance proportioned to the diftenfion of the 

 parts, (or inveteracy of appearance), fo as to 

 enfure a plentiful difcharge oi blood znd fames. 

 Immediately after the difcharge apply a poul- 

 tice very warm, and fufficiently large to cover 

 all the parts, compounded of the following 

 ingredients : 



Take 



