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I thought it neceflfary to be a little ex- Frequent 

 plicit on this head, as gentlemen To fre- ^"^P- 

 quently complain of being difappointed n^e"j 

 in their cures, notwithftanding the ex- happen 

 cellency of their ointment, or balfam-, from dref- 

 and to convince them, that lefs confidence !!"^^",'J' 

 fhould be put in thefe favourite medicines ^ " ^' 

 than is generally imagined •, for where the 

 habit is found, and the blood and juices 

 in good condition, there are few fimple 

 dreflings that will not fucceed ; and when 

 otherwife, the mod pompous will not 

 avail, till thefe are redtitied by proper in- 

 ternal medicines. 



As foon then as a good digeftion Is Thefigns 

 procured (which is known by the thick- of good 

 nefs and whitenefs of the matter difcharg- ^'S-^^^"* 

 ed, and the florid red colour at the bot- 

 tom of the fore) let the drefiings be 

 changed for the precipitate medicine ; 

 or the fore may be filled up with dry lint 

 alone, or dipped in lime-water with a 

 little honey and tindlure of myrrh, or 

 brandy •, about a fifth part of the latter 

 to one of the former : a pledget of lint 

 dipped in this mixture fhould alfo be ap- 

 plied to the bottom of the fore, which 

 fhould be filled up with others to the fur- 

 face or edges, but not crammed in too 



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