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(RECIPE, No. 107.) 

 Bracing Mixture for Sprains. 



Take— Egyptiacum, two ounces ; 



Oil of turpentine, one ounce, shsike well toge- 

 ther; then add. 

 Camphorated spirit of wine, and compound 



tincture of benzoin, of each one ounce; 

 Vinegar, eleven ounces : 



Mix, and shake well together every time they 

 are used. 



This last mixture is a great bracer, and there- 

 fore better calculated to strengthen the parts after 

 the inflammation has been removed by the mix- 

 ture (No. 123, p. 161). They are both excellent 

 recipes for all kinds of sprains ; whether old or 

 recent, especially those in the shoulder, stifle, whirl- 

 bone, and, in many cases, those of the coffin-joint ; 

 this last, however, frequently requires more power- 

 ful treatment, such as blistering. A poultice made 

 of bean meal, or rye flour, and old verjuice, boiled 

 together, with a lump of hog's lard, or a sufficient 

 quantity of sweet oil afterwards added, may be 

 applied when inflammation exists, or fomented 

 with (see Recipe 123, p. 161), as there directed. 

 Sprains and bruises on the back sinexvs are easily 

 discovered by the swelling or inflammation, which 

 extends from the back side of the knee down to 



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