1811 WOUNIJS IK VARIOUS PARTS, 



Hi cipe — Digestive Ointinent for fresh Wounds. 



(RECIPE, No. 121.) 

 Digestive Ointment. 



Take — Bees wa^?, and common turpentine, of each 



three ounces ; 

 Black pitch, one ounce ; 

 Yellow resin, six ounces ; 

 Linseed oil, one pint : 

 Dissolve them together oyer a slow fire, then 



take it off, and add, 

 Spirits of turpentine, four ounces ; 

 Put the whole in a pot, and stir till it begins 



to set. 



This is a very good digestive ointment for 

 fresh wounds. When it is used, a proper quan- 

 tity must be melted in an iron ladle, and poured, 

 while xvarWy into the wound; or, otherwise, a tent 

 of tow may be dipped therein, and passed up the 

 wound : the smaller the tent is, in proportion to 

 the wound, the more medicine it will carry along 

 vaih it. Fresh wounds should never be tented 

 longer than until a good matter appears ; except 

 in gome cases, a small tent may be put into the 



