1 66 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



its strength and efficacy.* We use three 

 drops of this oil with the spirit of wine 

 internally against pulmonary consump- 

 tion ; used outwardly as a liniment, 

 covered with a stiptic plaster, it is most 

 efficacious in the treatment of foul or 

 festering wounds and sores. 



Another oil of Antimony for the 

 cure of cancerous and corrosive wounds 

 is prepared as follows : Pound together 

 one pound of Antimony, half a pound of 

 common salt, and five pounds of broken 

 latera ; place in retort and distil a yellow 

 oil, when all the spirits will pass away. 

 Pour into fresh vessel, and remove its 

 oiliness ; there remains a powder, which, 

 spread on a stone, in a humid place, and 

 you will have a humid balm which is of 

 great efficacy against foul wounds, and 

 cancer in the face, or when it attacks the 

 breasts of women. 



* If you use the vessel roughly sketched on page 167, 

 you will get as much oil of sulphur from one ounce, as from 

 a pound by the ordinary method, i.e., from sixteen ounces of 

 sulphur you will get half-an-ounce of oil, for which you would 

 otherwise require sixteen pounds. 



