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myrrh, in fine powder, or tindure of myrrh, 

 Or ufe the following ; common tar, two pounds ; 

 turpentine and honey, half a pound each ; a 

 dozen yolks of eggs ; melt, and when they are 

 only milk vv^arm, ftir in one ounce befl verdi- 

 greafe in fine powder, or an ounce or two of 

 red precipitate ; mix fufficiently long, that thefe 

 laft do not fink. 



Phagedenic Water to fupprefs fungous 

 fiefh. Strong lime water; one quart ; corrofive 

 fublimate, half an ounce ; ftir frequently feve- 

 ral days, pour off clear, and add fpirit of wine, 

 eight ounces. Or. A ftrong folution ofRo- 

 'man vitriol and alum, in water. 



Cleansing Mixture in Poll-evil, or 

 Fistula. Befl: vinegar and redified fpirit, 

 half a pint each ; white vitriol diffolved in a 

 litde water, half an ounce; tinfture of myrrh, 

 four ounces ; (hake when ufed. To be heated 

 in a ladle, and the abfcefs wafhed with tow 

 well foaked in it. Fill with tow, moiftened in 

 the mixture, or foaked in asgyptiacum, and oil 

 of turpentine hot ; and cover with tow foaked 

 in vinegar and whites of eggs beat together ; 

 warm woollen over all. 



Scalding Mixtures. When all meafures 

 have failed to bring the ulcer to good condi- 

 tion, from its coldnefs, and the fuperflux of 

 matter, fcalding has generally been reforted to 

 with fuccel's ; but I think it ought not to be 



adopted 



