260 QUITTOR. 



Further Instructions for a Cure. 



warm water; then let hirn stand half an hour, or 

 an hour, within which time a thick matter will 

 appear over the mouth of the Avound. The depth 

 and situation: of the wound, or ulcer, must be ex- 

 amined with a probe, or (if that cannot be ob- 

 tained) with a crow quill; and if no swelling 

 appear about the wound, a cure may speedily be 

 performed by the following applications, 



Fb^st, cleanse the matter from the wound, then 

 take nitrated silver (lunar caustic), and introduce 

 it into the wound to the bottom, if possible, and 

 hold it there for the space of a minute or two; 

 next, take verdegris, or sulphate of copper, or 

 the prepared verdegris ; any one of these will do, 

 but it vmst be poxvdered, and folded in a thin bit 

 of paper, and put in with a probe to the bottom 

 of the ulcer, and a tent of tow after it, by way of 

 keeping it in. In a few days this will turn out a 

 small core, after which the wound may be healed 

 ivith the above mixed oils (No. 16*0, p. 258) ; but 

 if the part be swelled round the ulcer, it is cer- 



