ULCERS. .167 



with laOcateUms balfam, or the following 



EPULOTIC CERATE : 



Take of white diachylon plafter and olive oil, 

 each two ounce- -, 



Locatellus's balfam and balfam of capivi, each 

 one ounce •, 



Melt the plafter and Locatellus in the oil over 

 the fire •, take off, and when nearly cool ftir in 

 the capivj, a little at a time, till it is all incor- 

 porated. 



In fhort, cafes of this kind come fo fre- 

 quently under the hands of the farrier, that 

 little might have been thought neceffary upon 

 the fubjed : but I have been thus explicit, for 

 the information and advantage of thofe who 

 are strangers to both THEORY and 

 PRACTICES that being '' forewarned they 

 may be forearmed,'' and not lufFer a fimple 

 accident to be gradually ripened to a ferious 

 misfortune; bat, availing themfelves of this 

 requifite inftrudion, fo deftroy the prevalence 

 of MYSTERY and power of prejudice, as to 

 enfure a cure under their own fuperintendence 

 upon a bafis rational, clear, and comprehenfive, 

 diverted of the foliy of experiments and cruelty 

 of ancient pradice. 



M4 FISTULA, 



