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fition of the blood and juices, before the 

 former can be brought into any order, 

 the latter mud be corrected by alteratives, 

 and fweetening medicines. 



The firft intention in the cure of ul- The gene- 

 cers, is bringing them to digeft, or dif- ^^ ^^' 

 charge a thick matter ; which .will, in curing ul- 

 general, be efFefled by the green oint- ccrs. 

 ment, or that with precipitate -, butfnould 

 the fore not digefl kindly by thefe means, 

 but difcharge a gleety thin matter, and 

 look pale, you mud then have recourfe 

 to warmer drelTings, fuch as balfam, or 

 oil of turpentine, melted down with your 

 common digeftive, and the {lTono;-beer 

 poultice over them : it h proper alfo in 

 thefe kind of fores, where the circulation 

 is languid, and the natural heat abated, 

 to warm the part, and quicken the mo- 

 tion of the blood, by fomenting it well at 

 the time of dreffing •, which method will 

 thicken the matter, and roufe the native 

 heat of the part, and then the former 

 drefllngs may be re-applied. 



If the lips of the ulcer grow hard or 

 callous, they mufl be pared down with a 

 knife, and afterwards rubbed with the 



cauftick. 



Where 



