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The legs, in this cafe, ilioiild be bathed Fomen- 

 or fomented, in order to breathe out the ^^^'^"s 

 Itagnant juices, or to thin them, lo that ^eceiTary. 

 they may be able to circulate freely in 

 the common current. For this purpofe, 

 foment twice a day with the difcutient 

 fomentation, p. 237, in which a hand- 

 ful or two of wood-afhes has been boiled ; 

 apply then the above poultices, or the 

 following, till the fwelling has fubfided, 

 when the fores may be drelTed v/ith the 

 green ointment till they are properly di- 

 gefted, and then dried up with the water 

 and ointment above recommended. 



TAKE honey, one pound ; turpen- A difcu- 

 tine, fix ounces; incorporate with a^!^"^P°"^* 

 fpoon ; and add of the meal of fe- 

 nugreek and linfeed, each fourounces; 

 boil in three quarts of red wine lees 

 to the confidence of a poukice ; to. 

 which add, when taken from the fire, 

 two ounces of camphor in powder : 

 fpread it on thick cloths, and apply 

 warm to the legs, fecuring it on with 

 a firong roller. 



If the fores are very foul, drefs^them 

 with two parts of the wound ointment, 

 and one of i^gyptiacumj and apply the 



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