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Gangrene. Upon which account we ought to haften 

 the Cure. For which end, the fureft way is to rub it 

 with the Ointment of Beetles, or fome good Retoir % 

 holding a hot Bar of Iron near the Part, as foon as 

 the Ointment is laid on; and renewing the Appli- 

 cation thrice in three fucceflive Days • or to rub it 

 with a Caufiioh Ointment once. 



If the Wound be large, open and 

 deep,as it often happens in theThighs, fJ/Zllnt 

 Withers, &c. it muft be tented with 9 p m% 

 a Tent of faked Hogs-Lard. But if it 

 be neceflary to keep the Wound open ; inftead of 

 Incifwnsy which are always pernicious, efpecially in 

 Places full of Sinews, and Tendons, or over- run 

 with Blood j apply the following Sponge, which will 

 keep it open, and difcover the Bottom. 



Take a fine Sponge, walh'd clean, tied about very 

 hard with Pack-thread, and wrapt in wet Paper; 

 Let it dry a Quarter of an Hour, or longer, in a hol- 

 low Place in the midft of the Hearth, covering it 

 with hot Afhes, and live Coals over the Afhes. 

 Then take it out, and when 'tis cold, untie it, and 

 cut it into what Form you pleafe, to be befmear'd 

 with a Digefiive Ointment, and thruft it to the Bot- 

 tom of the Wound. The next Day draw it out 

 with your Pincers, and you will find it fwollen, and 

 the Hole enlarged, without hurting the Sinews or 

 Tendons. If the Wound be fo foul, or full of dead 

 Flefh, that the Sponge is not fufficient to open it, 

 (provided it be net under the Foot) foak a very 

 fine Sponge in a Mixture of two Ounces of pounded 

 Sublimate, and half an Ounce of melted Wax \ then lay 

 it in a Prefs 48 Hours \ and after that make Tents 

 of it, which will open the Wound, and at the fame 

 time operate as Cauftichs. If you defire itftronger, 

 as in the cafe of Quitterbones, add an Ounce of Arfe~ 

 vkk, in fine Powder, to the abovemention'd Mix- 

 ture. But in Sores under the Foot, thefe Cauftick 



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