602 MISCELLANEA. 



wife by emollient and drawing poultices ; the 

 orifice mufi; grenerallv be enlars^ed and a de- 

 pending one procured. 



In SCALDS OR BURNS, the (kin being intire, 

 bathe well three times a day with camphorated 

 fpirits, in which foap has been diflblved, and' 

 keep the parts dreiled with linen dipped in the 

 fame, ^r with a plaifter of fait, and foap; or 

 ufe an embrocation of foap, fait, and cam- 

 phorated fpirits. When the fkin is broken, . 

 anoint with falad, or linfeed oil. Linfeed oil, 

 red lead, and bees-wax, half a pound each, 

 boil and mix over a (low fire. Or, in cafe of 

 great inflammation, bread and milk* poultice 

 with elder flowers. Yellow bafilicon with pre- 

 cipitate. Or, drefs the burnt parts with — two 

 ounces crude fal ammoniac, boiled a few mi- 

 nutes in one quart water, mix gradually with 

 fpirit of wine, one quart. I have not yet had 

 leifure to perufe Kentifh on Burns, to which I 

 refer. 



Ulcers mufl: be brought to the (late of a . 

 wholefome wound, and to difcharge a good 

 white and thick matter, previous to any at- 

 tempt at healing. They muft be carefully 

 probed, and every cavity and finus deteded, 

 and thoroughly cleanfed to the very bottom. 

 Drefs, and fill with dry lint to the furface. 

 Bandage tight. In ulcers of the human body, 

 the application of cold water from a tea-pot 



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