186 WOUNDS IN VARIOUS PARTS. 



Recipe — Black Ointment for Gangrenes. 



day, till such time ^s the swelling abates, and the 

 matter, discharged from the wound, is of a pro-^ 

 per consistency. The following black ointment I 

 have frequently found very efficacious in checking 

 the gangrene disposition of wounds ; and if two 

 ^irachms of powdered cantharides be added to 

 six ounces of the ointment, they will make it 

 piore efficacious. 



(RECIPE, No. 195.) 



Take — Horse- grease, and hog's lard, of each fon^ 



pounds ; 

 Spirit of turpentine, half a pint; 

 Oil of vitriol, two ounces: 

 Mix (hern together by a little at a time, lest 



they should take fire. 



This ointment will be found very useful in all 

 kinds of imposthumes, or inflammatory swellings 

 about wounds. It will likewise be proper to give 

 the horse the following drink once or twice a 

 day until the wound begins to suppurate, or o. 

 proper matter.be formed. 



