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Recipe — Tincture to be applied after the cleansing of Ulcer*. 



Either of these mixtures will be found very 

 powerful in stopping the flow of the synovia, or 

 joint-oil: the former is the mildest of the tw^, 

 and, in most cases, will answer every purpose ; 

 but when the flow is of long standing, and the 

 bone becomes carious, the latter may be more 

 powerful in cleansing ulcers of this description. 

 Medicines of this class should never be used lon- 

 ger than until the ulcer is thoroughly cleansed, 

 after which the following styptic tincture will be 

 duflicient. 



(RECIPE, No. ISO.) 



Take — Egyptiacum, twooaoces; 



Tincture of benzoin, and tincture of myrrb, 



of each one ounce ; 

 Nitrous acid, two drachms : 

 Mix in a bottle fur use. 



The method of using all three mixtures is as 

 follows : 



Let a sufficient quantity of any one of them be 

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