64 THE FARCY 



(RECIPE, No. 38.) 

 Bracing and Strengthening Drink. 



Take — Peruvian bark, and caraway seeds, of each half 



an ounce, in powder; 

 Nitre, two drachms ; 

 Ginger, one ounce ; 

 Oil of vitriol, thirty drops ; 

 To be given in a quart of the decoction of oak 



bark (see Pharmacopoeia), new-milk-warra. 



This drink must be repeated every day for 

 three or four times ; after which give him the 

 mercurial drink or ball (No. 35 or 36, p. 6^), as 

 there directed. 



The following mercurial ointment will be found 

 excellent to rub the lymphatic vessels and farcy buds 

 with, both before and after they are broken, when 

 the actual cautery is not employed ; in which case, 

 it may then be rubbed along these vessels after 

 this operation. 



(RECIPE, No. 39.) 



Mercurial Ointment. 



Take — Hogs lard, Ibij i. e. two pounds ; 

 Quicksilver, one pound ; 

 Strained turpentine, Tour ounces; 

 Oil of turpentine, two ounces ; 

 Put the quicksilver with both the turpentines in 

 a marble mortar, until the mercury is per- 



