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I know nothing better for inward or outward 

 Wounds than what's commonly call'd Balfam de 

 Ver^jain or Vernjaitis Balfam, which made fo much 

 Noife in Ireland fome time ago. The Recipe I 

 fhall put down, as I receiv'd it from a faithful 

 Friend, who profefs'd it was genuine ; but whether 

 it be fo or no, I am fure the Compofition is ac- 

 cording to Art. The Balfam is this : 



^ake Gum Benjamin, one Ounce ; Star ax fix Vcrvahiz 

 "Drachms', Perwvian Balfa^n, half an Ownce \ ,,^«f- Balfani fo«- 

 cotrine Aloes, fix Drachms ; fineft Myrrh, t^vo Oun-^^^^^^^ ^^ 

 ces ; Tops of St. Johr^s Wort, tuoo Handfuls ', rec- 

 tified Spirits of Wine, three Bints. Cut the Herb 

 fmall, hruife the Gums, &C. and infufe in a <voarm 

 Place, for three or four Days, till the TinSiure be 

 made as ftrong as "'tis pojjihle for the Ingredients to 

 make it ; and decant it off as Occafion offers. 



This Balfam or rather Tin£lure is to be fyringed. 

 now and then into the Wound, if the fame lye 

 deep; otherwife 'tis fufficient to fmear it all over 

 with a Feather, and cover it with Lint or Tow, 

 proper Bandage, &c. 



There is one good Obfervation in Mr. Gihfon''^ 

 Book, with Relation to Gun-fhot Wounds, ( ^oi-z. ) 

 " that fuch Wounds are. not fubject to bleed much, 

 " by Reafon of the Bruifmg and Contufion which 

 " accompanies them." And this indeed is one Hap- 

 pinefs, feeing fo many Horfes muft be wounded in 

 Battle. 



The firft Thing to be attempted in Gun-fhot The Man- 

 Wounds is to extraa the Ball, if the fame be^^^^of ^^^ 

 lodged fo as fafely to be come- at; and in order to BaUoutofa 

 this, the Horfe fhould be put in the very fame Gunlhot 

 Pofture,. in which he was when he receiv'd it, Wound- 

 otherwife it will be impoiiible to extratSl it, by 

 Reafon of the bellying ouc of the Mufcles ; and be- 

 fides^ this Operation fhould be done as foon as pof- 

 fible, or the Ball will fail by its own. Weighty and* 

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