192 HUMOURS OF THE JOINTS. 



liecipes for Wounds in the Joints oil lona; Continu«iiire. 



Wounds in the joints that are of long continu- 

 ance, and the mouth of which is wide, are not to 

 be cured by the actual cautery, but must be 

 treated as follows. 



(RECIPE, No. 128.) 



Take — Eo:yptiacum ointment, four ounces ; 

 Wine vinegar, two ounces ; 

 Verdigrease, in powder, two drachms ; 

 Blue vitriclj in powder, three drachms ; 

 Corrosive sublimate, hal fa drachm, in powder; 

 Tincture of benzoin, two ounces : 

 Mix, and shake them together in a bottle for 

 use. 



Or, 



(RECIPE, No. 129.) 



Take — Corrosiv<5 sublimate, one drachm; 



Blue vitriol, and sugar of lead, of each two 



drachms, all in powder ; 

 Tincture of myrrh, four ounces ; 

 Spirit of salt (muriatic acid), two drachms : 

 Mix them together in a vial for use. 



