MISCELLANEA. 6lJ 



brandy. Or. Boil the following in one gal- 

 lon ftrong vinegar, to two quarts — alum, one 

 pound ; copperas, half a pound ; verdigreafe, 

 fine pow^der, three ounces. Shake as you ufe 

 it : if not fufficiently ftrong, add to each quart, 

 quickfilver, one ounce, dillolved in two ounces 

 aquafortis. Foment and poultice. Drefs with 

 bafilicon four ounces ; oil of turpentine, and 

 aegyptiacum, two ounces each, melted together. 

 Bracken orders fcarifications to difcharc^e the 

 ichor, but not to diiTe61 the flefh, as Wallis af- 

 ferts in his Difpenfary. 



Varicose Ulcers, or thofe among the 

 blood- veiTels, muft be bathed once or twice a 

 day with warm fomentations of oak-bark, 

 pomegranate flowers, red rofe buds, alum, and 

 white vitriol, boiled in vinesrar. 



Fomentations, Discutient and Re- 

 pellent. Wormwood, fouthernwood, and 

 camomile, two handfuls each ; bay and juniper 

 berries bruifed, one ounce each ; crude fal 

 ammoniac and pot-afli, two ounces each ; boil 

 in three quarts fpring water to two ; to every 

 quart when ufed, add one pint fpirit of wine 

 camphorated. 



Drawing Applications. Arfmart and 

 brooklime, equal quantities. Jufl cover them 

 with dale urine, flop clofe fome days. Boil 

 for ufe, and apply hot. This is faid to be par- 

 ticularly efficacious in a fudden drain of the 

 (houlder, with much tenfion and inflammation, 



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