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fectly incorporated ; then gradually add the 

 lard melted, beating and mixing them well 

 together. 



This ointment will be found to stimulate the 

 vessels to contract, and will also disperse the farcy 

 tumours: it must be xvell rubbed on the parts 

 affected once a day. 



When the skin is thickened over the ulcers, so 

 as to confine the matter, it must be opened with a 

 small hot iron, or a lancet. The buds in the farcy 

 are very apt to turn into foul ulcers, and the 

 orifices to fill with proud flesh, which, if the 

 actual cautery is not employed to destroy the 

 ulcerated buds, may be suppressed by touching 

 the superfluous part with a skewer dipped in butter 

 of antimony or aquafortis, and afterwards by rub- 

 bing the knots or buds with the ointment (No. 33, 

 p. 61). I have found this ointment to be some- 

 times more eff'ectual in destroying the virus, and 

 likewise in cleansing and healing the ulcers that 

 attend this disease, than the afore-mentioned mer- 

 curial ointment (No. 39, p. 70). If the part be 

 much swollen, and attended with considerable 

 inflammation, it must be fomented twice every 

 day with the following fomentation. 



