66 THE FARCY. 



(RECIPE, No. 40.) 



Fomentation. 



Take — Wormwood, camomile flowers, and horseradish 

 root, of each one handful ; 

 Poppy-heads, one dozen : bruise them and boil 

 in three gallons of water. 



The swelled part must be fomented (with hot 

 flannels wrung out of the same) twice every day, 

 for one hour each time. This being done, let the 

 part be rubbed well with the following ointment. 



(RECIPE, No. 41.) 



Take — Marshmallow ointment, and elder ointment, of 



each four ounces; 

 Soft soap, and spirits of turpentine, each two 



ounces; ointment (No. 33, p. 61, or No. 39, 



p. 70), three ounces: 

 Mix them all well together for use. 



After this ointment has been well rubbed on 

 the part affected, take a hot flannel out of the last- 

 mentioned fomentation and wring out the moisture ; 

 apply the flannel while hot to the swollen part, 

 and bind it on with a flannel roller, three yards 

 long, and six or eight inches broad. 



When the tumour comes to a proper head 

 (which may be easily felt with the finger), it may 



