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or injured the Coffin-bone, it mufl be opened to the Coffin, 

 with an iron made in the half-moon form, hke unto a Gouge- 

 chifel; and with the faid iron made quite hot, take as wide 

 as a half-crown piece of the flelhy part away that lieth be- 

 tween the Sole-part and the Coffin-bone; in order for an 

 Exfoliation of the Bone, before any attempts of a cure ; and 

 as for the treatment of the above, I will endeavour to fet all 

 down feparately, with the method of unfoling the Foot, and 

 how to treat the fame in every refpeft, as follows. 



For a STAB of a NAIL on the ROAD by an ACCIDENT. 



If but a flight Wound, make ufe of the following mixture; 

 firfl: open the part a very little with a drawing-knife ; then 

 take Tinclure of Myrrh with Aloes one ounce, and Aquafortis 

 half an ounce mixed together for ufe ; dab the part fparingly ; 

 then taper it with a hammer, to caufe the mixture to pene- 

 trate into the Wound. The above method always anfwered 

 my purpofe, when, at the fame time, I had a long journey to 



For a SEVERE WOUND in the FOOT. 



Where the Coffin is fafe, and not injured, firlf open the 

 part to the quick ; then take a fmall pledget of Tow dipped 

 in Oil of Turpentine, and dab the Wound ; then apply the 

 faid pledget on the Wound, and lay upon that, another thick 

 pledget of dry Tow; then on the dry pledget apply one 

 ounce of the Digeftive Green Ointment, fee page 82, then 

 heat the Ointment quite through the pledget, down to the 

 bottom of the Wound with a hot iron of the let-iron kind, the 

 form of which is 1-ike a poker with a flat blunt nozle : repeat 

 the dreifmg every other day ; and at the fame time make ufe 



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