104' STRANGLES AND VIVES. 



]VJo€le «)f keepinj^ a V\ ound 4>pen. 



Linseed oil, one pint ; 



Melt (hmi all togclher over a slow fire ; then 



take Ibcm froni the fire, and add, 

 Spirit of turpentine, four ounces ; 

 Verdigrease, in fine powder, two ounces: 

 Put them in a pot, and stir until cold. 



When this ointment is used, a small quantity 

 phould be melted in an iron ladle, and the wound 

 dressed with a small tent of tow dipped in it, once 

 fi day. If the wound appears to heal too fast, it 

 may be kept open by dressing it with a skewer 

 dipt in butter of antimony for a few times : this 

 will keep the wound sufficiently open till the tu- 

 mour is discharged. If any lumps, or hard ker- 

 nels, still remain under the jaws, they may be 

 ,dressed with the ointment of nitrate of quicksilver 

 (No. 32, p. 52), once a day for eight or ten days, 

 which will, in general, remove them in that time ; 

 if not, it will be proper to blister the part for threp 

 mornings together with the blistering ointment 

 JNp. 113, infra), 



