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ounce and half of turpentine, till of a lead 

 colour; mix tliofe well, and add cantharides, in 

 fine powder, one drachm and half; fublimate, 

 one drachm ; oil of origanum, two drachms* 

 Or. Common ointment, or oil, two ounces; 

 cantharides, three drachms. Obferve that the 

 flies are frelh and good. Cut the hair clofe as 

 poffible, rub in well and patiently. 1 ie the 

 horfe up .without litter, till the blilier work. 

 Cover with pitch plailler. When a rowel will 

 not difcharge, apply now and then a fmall 

 quantity of bliller with a feather. 



Digestive FOR Wounds. Venice tur* 

 pentine and bees wax, one pound each ; olive 

 oil, one pound and half; rolin, twelve ounces ; 

 v/hen melted, flir in two or three ounces verdi- 

 greafe, finely powdered ; ftir on till cold. 

 This may be ufed with red precipitate, inftead 

 of verdigreafe, half an ounce to four ounces. 

 Burgundy pitch one pound may be added to * 

 the digeftive. For wounds near the joints, 

 &c. Venice turpentine, one ounce. Yolks of 

 two eggs, honey and tinfture of myrrh, one 

 ounce each. -Balsam equal to Friar's. Gum 

 Benjamin, three ounces; ftorax, two ounces; 

 balfam of Peru and Tolu, half an ounce each ; 

 fuccotrine aloes, fix drachms ; myrrh, two 

 ounces ; re6lified fpirit, two pints ; infufe in a 

 warm place feveral days, till the gums arc 

 diffolvcd, then decant. 



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