ULCERS. 199 



Recipe — Caustic Mixture for cleansing foul Ulcers. 



are found on parts where the dressing cannot be 

 supported. 



The following is an efficacious medicine in 

 cleatising foul ulcers, either on the joints, or the 

 tendonous parts. 



(RECIPE, No. 132.) 



Caustic Mixture, 



Take — Tincture ofeuphorbiura, half an ounce; 



Tincture of benzoin, one ounce and a half; 

 Sublimate, in powder, one drachm ; 

 Spirit of salts, two drachms ; 

 Mix them together in a bottle for use. 



Let this be forced into the wound with a sy- 

 ringe, or, where the wound is sufficiently large, a 

 pledget of lint may be soaked in the mixture, and 

 applied to the bottom, and covered with a plaister 

 made of digestive ointment spread on a pledget of 

 tow, and secured with a proper bandage. What 

 has been said respecting ulcers will be found ade- 

 quate to answer every purpose. 



