i82 TUMOURS. 



mud be unavoidably attended with lofs of 

 time, and a proportional fhare of danger, if 

 feated upon or interfered by the mufcular 

 parts, perhaps it may be mod prudent to omit 

 the experiment and fubmit it to chance. 



Scrofulous Tumours are fuch as origi- 

 i^ate in fcorbucic or hereditary taints, and in- 

 creafe or diminifli according to the ftate or 

 acrimony of the blood ; they are therefore more 

 than any of the others dependent upon exter- 

 nal application, and particularly the mercurial 

 unguent juft before defcribed, affifted by a 

 courfe of mercurial or antimonial altera- 

 tives, as mc.y be difcretionaily feleded from 

 the chapters on thofe fubjeds. As the mercu- 

 rial ointment has been repeatedly recommend- 

 ed^ it may not be inapplicable to introduce the 

 /TL^de of preparation : 



Take quickfilver two ounces; 



Lard fix ounces •, 



Balfam of fulphur half an ounce. 



Rub the quickfilver with the balfam in a metal 

 mortar till the globules difappear ; then add 

 the lard by degrees, firil made warm, and 

 keep in a pot for ufe. 



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