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Recipe — A Paste to stop Bleeding. 



This will be found a valuable tincture for 

 wounds of every description, where a cure is in- 

 tended to be performed without bringing it to a 

 state of suppuration. If the wound bleed consi- 

 derably, from an incision of some artery, or vein, 

 and in a part where a roller, or a bandage, can- 

 not be applied, let the mouth of the artery be 

 dressed with a skewer dipped in oil of vitriol. It 

 is proper to dress all wounds that are made in a 

 fleshy part, at the first time of dressing, (before 

 the digestive is applied), with the aforesaid stip- 

 tic, which not only removes the bruised and 

 putrid flesh, but instantly puts a stop to the 

 gangrenous disposition of the wound. As, how- 

 ever, profuse bleeding in wounds cannot always 

 be stopped by the above application, the following 

 may advantageously be applied for the purpose. 



(RECIPE, No. 117.) 



A Paste to stop Bleeding. 



Take — Fresh nettles, one handful, bruise them in a 

 mortar ; 



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