218 THE POLL-EVll. 



Recipes— To be applied after cutlin*. 



the above is performed, let the wound be dressed 

 with the following styptic mixture. 



(RECIPE, No. 139.) 



Take — Oil of vitriol, one ounce ; 



Spirit 6f salts, half an ounce ; 

 Sublimate, in powder, two drachms ; 

 Mix, and put them in a bottle for use. 



First cleanse the wound, and then dress it with 

 a skewer dipped in the above styptic; a small 

 w^x>oden spatula, made in the shape of a case- 

 knife, may be introduced into the wound ; and if 

 twisted a little to one side, will admit of a small 

 quantity of the styptic being poured in, so as to 

 extend under the tendon; afterwards it may be 

 dressed with the following compound mixture. 



(RECIPE, No. 140.) 



Compound Mixture, 



Take— Tincture of myrrh, egyptiacum, and spirit of 

 turpentine, of each two ounces; 



