Wounds of the joints, &c. 195 



Where Bleeding, &c. is necessary. 



(RECIPE, No. IS 1.) 



Cooling and Bracing Mixture, 



Take — Sal ammoniac, and nitre, of each half an 

 ounce, in powder ; 

 Wine vinegar, or old verjuice, half a pint} 

 Camphorated spirit, two ounces : 

 Mix them together in a bottle for use. 



After this mixture has been well rubbed in, 

 and the wound dressed with any of the aforesaid 

 mixtures, and the dressing well secured with a 

 proper roller, and perse'Vered in, there is but little 

 doubt but a speedy cure will be obtained. In all 

 kind of ulcers attention should be paid to the 

 morbid habit of body with which they are gene- 

 rally attended. Bleeding and physic are the pro- 

 per means to carry off these humours, and like- 

 wise to lessen inflammation. First, therefore, 

 bleed, and give him a couple of mashes of scalded 

 bran and warm water that day, the next morning 

 give him the purging ball (No. 2, p, 1 1), and treat 

 him as there directed. Wounds upon the joints,, 



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