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Poultice, where necessary. 



Tar, one pound ; 



Melt Ihera all together ; then add, 



White vitriol, and sugar of lead, of each two 



ounces, in powder ; 

 Alum, in powder, one pound and a half: 

 Mix all together, and stir till cold. 



The above dressing must stay on forty-eight 

 hours ; at the end of that time repeat the sharp 

 water, with fresh pledgets of the ointment as 

 before. Three dressings, with these applications, 

 are, in general, sufficient to cure, though the case 

 ^be ever so bad. It sometimes may be necessary 

 to poultice the parts for two or three days before 

 the above applications are resorted to, and for 

 this purpose the following will be found suitable. 



(RECIPE, No. 148.) 



Take — Of coarse flour, bread, or bran, a sufficient 

 quantity, and boil it in old milk to a 

 proper consistency ; then add, 



Hog's lard two ounces ; 



Venice turpentine, one ounce ; 



