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bees-wax, with double the quantity of mutton 

 suet, merely to defend it from injury j and in the 

 summer season, from the access of flies. 



A bruise should be washed with hot vinegar, 

 with the addition of a little spirit of turpentine ; 

 which should be repeated two or three times a 

 day, until the swelling and pain subside, 



A fracture should be bound up neatly, with one 

 or two splints, covered with tow ; in such a manner 

 as to fill up the hollows of the limb, and to pre- 

 vent the hard wood pressing on the tender part. 

 In doing this, no other care is necessary than to 

 keep the broken ends of the bone opposite to each 

 other, and not to apply the bandage too tight, 

 which it always is, if the limb swells in a conside- 

 rable degree. 



Imposthumations should be opened, as soon as 

 they grow soft ; and as well as ulcers, should be 

 kept clean by washing with warm soap suds, and 

 covered with a pledget of tow, spread with an oint- 

 ment made of equal parts tar, mutton suet and 

 hog's lard ; with the addition of a little wax, in the 

 summer season. When the bottom of an impos- 

 thumation looks pale, or of an ash colour ; when 

 it discharges a glary matter, and particularly if 

 the matter is offensive, it has become in some 

 measure an ulcer, and should be treated as such. 

 After washing it with soap suds, and drying it 

 well, cover the bottom and edges with lint, which 

 has been soaked in a solution of Roman vitriol, 



