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the first time of dressing (before the digestive is 

 applied), with the aforesaid styptic, which not only 

 assists in removing the bruised and putrid flesh, 

 but instantly puts a stop to the gangrenous dis- 

 position of the wound. As, however, profuse 

 bleeding in wounds cannot always be stopped by 

 the above application, the following may be ad- 

 vantageously applied for the purpose. 



(RECIPE, No. 117.) 



A Paste to stop Bleeding. 



Take— Fresh nettles, one handful, bruise them in a 

 mortar ; 

 Add blue vitriol, in powder, four ounces ; 

 Wheaten flour, two ounces ; 

 "Wine vinegar, two ounces ; 

 Oil of vitriol, half an ounce: 

 Beat them all together into a paste. 



Let the wound be filled up with this paste, and 

 a proper pledget of tow laid over the mouth, in 

 order to prevent it from falling out, and then 

 bandage it on with a strong roller. This dressing 

 must remain in the wound ten or twelve hours, 

 then remove it, and dress with one of the follow- 

 ing digestive oils, or the ointment. 



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