276 AlPP. — BALSAM OF SULPHUR. 



CHAPTER ly. 



The method of preparing and compounding such Medi- 

 cines as are recommended in the former part of this 

 Book. 



BALSAM OF SULPHUR, OR SULPHURETTED OIL. 



Take — Linseed oil, one quart; 



Flowers of sulphur, eight ounces: 

 Boil thera together over a slow fire, in an iron 

 pot, stirring them continually till they unite. 



The vessel in which these are boiled should be 

 large enough to hold three limes the quantity of 

 the ingredients. As soon as the oil begins to act 

 on the sulphur, the pot must be removed from 

 the fire, or otherwise it will be liable to boil over 

 into the fire. This balsam is good in all kinds of 

 colds, coughs, &c. 



