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Directions for curing a Tumour. 



moisture; apply the flannel zvliile hot to the 

 swollen part, and bind it on with a flannel roller, 

 three yards long, and six or eight inclies broad. 



When the tumour comes to a proper head (w^hich 

 may be easily felt with the finger), it may be dis- 

 charged with a lancet, and the wound dressed with 

 a skewer dipped in a little butter of antimony ; 

 and, afterwards, with a tent made of lint, or tow^, 

 dipped in the digestive oils, or ointment, used for 

 green wounds. The smaller the tent is, the more 

 oils or ointment it carries into the w^ound ; which 

 should never be dressed with tents longer than 

 while the tumour is subsiding, otherwise it may 

 obstruQt the matter, and form a caries at the bot- 

 tom of the wound that will make it very difficult 

 to cure. 



When, however, the w^ound is perfectly cleansed, 

 it must be <lressed once a day with equal parts 

 of egyptiacum, and tincture of myrrh, mixed 

 together; the wound should be anointed both 



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