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this syrup by degrees to the pulps : and, lastly, 

 mix in the powders. This electuary may be given 

 to the quantity of six or eight ounces once a day, 

 and is very useful in fevers, when combined with 

 other articles of a cooling nature, to loosen the 

 belly. See its use described in many parts of this 

 work. 



PLASTERS. 



OXYCROCCUM PLASTER. 



Take — Burgundy pitch, and yellow wax, of each one 

 pound ; 

 Galbanum, and tar, of each half a pound ; 

 Dragon's blood, in powder, lour ounces : 

 Let them all be melted together over a slow fire ; 

 when dissolved, pour them into a pot, or 

 bucket, half filled with water : and when the 

 ingredients begin to stiffen, roll the mass into 

 plasters of a proper size. 



This plaster is in constant use with most far- 

 riers ; it is mixed with other plasters in charges of 

 different kinds. 



PARACELSUS PLASTER. 



Take — Diachylon plaster, eight pounds ; 



Yellow resin, one pound and a half ; 

 Frankincense, half a pound ; 

 Gum galbanum, four ounces : 

 Melt them all together over a slow fire,* and, 

 when properly united, forpi them into plasters. 



