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applied over the sweUing once a day for a week, 

 or till the cores come out. 



(RECIPE, No. 161.) 



Take — Of ale dregs, and rye-flour^ a sufficient quantity j 

 Boil them to a proper consistence for a poultice; 

 While warm, add two ounces of hog's lard. 



Or the following may be employed with equaf 

 effect. 



(RECIPE, No. 162.)' 



Take — Bran, a sufficient quantity ; 



Steep it in old milk for half an hour, then boll 



it to a proper consistence for a poultice; 

 Add common turpentine, and elder ointment, of 



each one ounce : 

 Mix, and stir them together while warm. 



Either of these poultices may be spread on linen 

 cloth, and applied warm to the part affected, once 

 a day, until the core is ready to be taken out, or 

 falls out of itself: afterwards dress the wound with 

 the following healing mixture. 



(RECIPE, No. 1G3.) 



Take-— Egyptiacum, two ounces ; 



Tincture of benzoin, one ounce ; 

 Oil of vitriol, one drachm : 

 Mix them together by degrees, and put them in 

 a bottle for use. 



