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Directions for Fomenting;. 



This ball must be continued twice a day until 

 the symptoms begin to abate; afterwards once a 

 day will be sufficient. Let him be fomented 

 across the loins twice a day with hot flannels 

 wrung out of the fomentation (No. 40, p 63), 

 and let the part be well rubbed with the following 

 liniment ' 



(RECIPE, No. 96,) 



Take — Linseed oil, two ounces ; 



Spirit of hartshorn, two ounces ; 

 Tincture of opium, and spirit of turpentine, 

 of each one ounce ; 

 ' Oil of elder, two ounces : 

 Put them in a bottle, and shake them well to- 

 gether for use. 

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 This liniment must be well rubbed on the part 



affected either before or after it is fomented, and 



the part should be kept warm with a proper rug. 



If, after the pain and inflammation ceases, there 



still remains a weakness in the parts, it will be 



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