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now and then with cauftick, butter of an- 

 timony, or equal parts of quickfilver and 

 aqua fortis. 



Ulcers When a rotten or foul bone is an at- 



with toul tendant on an ulcer, the fiefh is generally 

 loole and flabby, the dilcharge oily, thin, 

 and llinking, and the bone difcovered to 

 be carious, by its feeling rough to the 

 probe pafTed through the flefh for that 

 purpofe. In order to a cure, the bone 

 muft belaid bare, that the rotten part of 

 it be removed •, for which purpofe, de- 

 llroy the loofe fiefh, and d^efs with dry 

 lint ; or the doiTils may be preflcd out 

 of tindure of myrrh or euphorbium : the 

 throwing off the fcale is generally a work 

 of nature, which is effcc^ted in more or 

 lefs time, and in proportion to the depth 

 the bone is affeded -, though burning the 

 foul bone is thought by fome to haflen its 

 feparation. 



What in- Where the cure does not properly fuc- 

 ternaJs ceed, mercurial phyfick fhould be fyiven, 



proper to j , * ^ . , ^ , 



correaihe ^^'^ repeated at proper intervals : and to 

 blood. corre6t and mend the blood and juices, 

 the antimonial and alterative powders, 

 with a decodion of guaiacum and lime- 

 waters, are proper for that purpofe. yuie 

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