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adhefive quality of the blood, and the cicatrix 

 is fpeedily formed, without application to the 

 elaborate preparations of art. In cafes of this 

 kind the dreflings (hould not be taken off in 

 lefs than eighUand-forty hours j and, if a large 

 wound, (where the bleeding was difficult to 

 fupprefs) not lefs than three days, unlefs the 

 part has begun to digeft, and a perceptible 

 difcharge is come on ; or the parts furround- 

 ing the wound are very much inflamed, in 

 which cafe the following mild poultice may 

 be applied : 



Take of bread and barley meal equal parts ; 

 Goulard's vegeto mineral water fufficient to make 



it of a proper confiftence; and add 

 Lard four or fix ounces, at leaft enough to keep 



it fufficiently moift. ' 



Let this be renewed twice every day till 

 the fwelling or inflamm.ation fubfides, and the 

 wound begins to digeft or difcharge favour- 

 ably. 



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