IMPOSTHUMES. ij^^ 



cured, when it fhould be changed for 

 pledgets fpread with the red precipitate 

 ointment, applied in the fame manner. 



Should the fore not digefl kindly, but r . .. 

 ^1 • 111 I % romenta- 



run a thin water and look pale, foment tions and 



as often as you drefs, with the above fo- poultices 

 mentation ; and apply over your dreffm cr recom- 

 the ftrong-beer poultice, and continue ^^^^{"^ 

 this method till the matter grows thick, dLftion> 

 and the fore florid. ^ 



The following ointments will gene- 

 rally anfwer your expedations in all 

 common cafes, and may be prepared 

 without, as well as with, the verdi- 

 greafc, 



TAKE Venice turpentirfe and bees- The 

 wax, of each a pound ; oil of olives, ^vound 

 one pound and a half ; yellow rofin',^"^^"^'^^ 

 twelve ounces : when melted toge- 

 ther, two or three ounces of verdi- 

 greafe, fiocly powdered, may be flur- 

 i red in, and kept fo till cold, to pre- 

 vent its fubfiding. 



TAKE of yellow bafijicon, or the The red 

 above ointment, without verdi- precipi. 

 grcafe, four ounces ; red precipitate, ^^^^«'nt- 

 finely powdered, half an ounce : mix '"^'^'• 



them 



