172 ULCERS. 



(RECIPE, No. 132.) 



Caustic Mixture. 



Take — Tincture of euphorbium, half an ounce; 

 Tincture of benzoin, one ounce and half: 

 Sublimate, in powder, one drachm ; 

 Spirit of salts, two drachms : 

 Mix them together in a bottle for use. 



Let this be forced into the wound with a sy- 

 ringe, or where the wound is sufficiently large, a 

 pledget of lint may be soaked in the mixture, and 

 applied to the bottom, and covered with a plaster 

 made of digestive ointment spread on a pledget of 

 tow, and secured with a proper bandage. When 

 ulcers are of rather long standing, you must give 

 one or two purging balls, as (No. 2! or 3, p. 22), 

 and the alterative balls (No. 86, p. 122). What 

 has been said respecting ulcers will be found ade- 

 quate to answer every purpose. 



