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white lily root, wafhed clean and pounded to a 

 paltc 5 adding thereto of linfeed and foenugrec 

 (in powder) of each an ounce -, itirring in, 

 while hot, of turpentine two ounces, and of 

 lard four, laying it on moderately warm, and 

 bandaging firm. 



This proportion is meant for two poultices, 

 as the fomentation fhould be repeated^ and the 

 appl cation ov poultice renewed^ every night 

 and mornmg till an opening in the fwelling is 

 effecSed 5 upon w'.iich appearance of difcharge 

 let the: aperture be a little enlarged with a 

 bifiory^ or the point of any {harp inftrument 

 adequate to the purpofe 5 afterwards dreffing 

 with tow, fpread with the ftable digeftive 

 ointmentj or common y-liow bafilicon, firfl 

 made warrpj and fome of the unguent, (in 

 preference to a tent, plentifully infinuated 

 within the orifice, to facilitate its eflfcd:. Over 

 this digeftive, for the firft two or three dref- 

 fings, continue the poultice ^ by which treat- 

 ment, though attended with a little more 

 trouble, you will nicft affuredly fhorten the 

 difeafe : by this method your difcharge will be 

 copious, evtry fymp^om will gradually decline, 

 and the cure, under Vi foU-jwing aids and 

 regulations, become fpeediiy complete. 



Though 



