162 WOUNDS IN VARIOUS PARTS, 



(RECIPE, No. 124..) 



Take— Linseed oil, half a pint ; 



Spirit of turpentine, two ounces ; 

 Cantharides, in powder, half an ounce ; 

 Euphorbium, in powder, two drachms : 

 Mix, and shake them in a bottle for use. 



These blistering oils are excellent for inflam- 

 matory swellings, and external wounds, for the 

 prevention of mortification. They may be rubbed 

 on (after the part has been fomented) twice a 

 day, till such time as the swelling abates, and the 

 matter, discharged from the wound, is of a proper 

 consistency. The following black ointment I have 

 frequently found very efficacious in checking the 

 gangrene disposition of wounds ; and if two 

 drachms of powdered cantharides be added to 

 six ounces of the ointment, they will make it more 

 efficacious. 



(RECIPE, No. 125.) 



Take — Hog's lard, eight pounds ; 



Spirit of turpentine, half a pint ; 

 Oil of vitriol, two ounces : 

 Mix them together by a little at a time, lest 

 they should take fire. 



This ointment will be found very useful in all 

 kinds of imposthumes, or inflammatory swellings 



