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are very useful, and our charitable shop should 

 not be without them, 



1. The while ointment, railed unguent urn ; this 

 is made by melting together four ounces of white 

 wax, and three ounces of spermaceti, in a p.. i t f 

 sallad oil, an 1 addoig, if it be desired, tha j c 

 ounces of ceness, and a dram and half of camphire: 

 But it is better for all common purposes without 

 these. 



2. Yellow basilicon, which is made by melting 

 together yellow wax, resin, and burgundy pitch, 

 of each half a pound, in a pint of oil of olives, 

 and adding three ounces of turpentine. 



3. Black basilicon, which is made by melting 

 together in a pint of olive oil, yeliow wax, resin> 

 and pitch, of each nine ounces. 



4. The mercurial ointment, which is thus made* 

 rub together in an iron mortar, a pound of quick- 

 silver, and an ounce of turpentine ; when thev are 

 well mixed, add four pounds of hog's-lard melted, 

 and mix all thoroughly together. The ointment 

 of tutty is prepared with levigated tutty, and as 

 much viper's fat as will make it into a soft ointment : 

 these are only to be mixed together upon a marble, 

 by working them with a thin knife. This is 

 for disorders of the eyes, the foregoing for the 

 itch, and many other complaints, but it must be 

 used cautiously. And those which were before 

 named for old sores. 



Of the same nature with the ointments, are, ia 

 some degree, the oils made by infusion, of herbs 

 and flowers in common oil. These are also very 

 easily prepared, and an instance or two will serve 

 to explain the making of them all. The most 

 regarded among these is the oil of St. John's- 

 wort, and that is thus made ; pick clean a quarter 

 of a pound of the flowers of common St. John V 



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