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after which , add the leaves chofd finally and boil them 

 fo long, till you can perceive nothing in the Skillet but 

 a pure Butter, produced by the boiling of the Cream, 

 liven firain it out into a Pot, and put into the fame 

 Skillet, a quarter of a pound of the Lard of a Hog 

 fed with Acorns, cut into flices, and mixt with the 

 remaining Herbs and Roots. Boil all together about 

 a quarter of an hour, and ftrain out the melted 

 Lard upon the Butter. In the next place boil 

 two Ounces of Oil Olive in the Skillet, with the 

 fame Herbs and Roots, for the fpace of a quarter 

 of an hour, and ftrain it out into the Tot with 

 the Butter and melted Lard : After which, fquee^e 

 out all the juice and fat of the Herbs and Root} 

 in the fame Pot \ and while they are (till hot, 

 add an Ounce of melted Tar, and an Ounce and an 

 half of burnt Allum in Ponder ', incorporating the 

 whole Mafs, and ftirring it till it be cold. Melt 

 a little of this Ointment in a Spoon, and with a foft 

 Pencil anoint the Wound very lightly once a day, 

 covering it gently with Flax, or ponder of old Ropes. 

 If at the fame time, you perceive fpongy or proud 

 Flefh, confume it with white Vitriol^ diflblv'd in 

 Spirit of Wine, and after the removal of the Scab, 

 and Swelling, apply the Ointment. Giving the Fire 

 will anfwer the fame indication. But to cleanfe 

 the hidden Part of a Wound, that cannot be reach'd 

 by Fire or Cauftich, you mull ufe the Lime or yellow 

 Water prefcrib'd above. 



A Wound tending to Mortification, 

 Of a angrene is calPd a Gangrene ; and a confirm'd 

 Mortification is ftil'd a Sphacelus. The 

 figns of a Gangrene, are, an infenfibility, lividnefs, 

 and afterwards blacknefs of the part •, a fudden and 

 unwonted foftnefs, and a fmell refembling that 

 of a dead Carcafs. The Cure of a Sphacelus is im- 

 poflTible: A young Gangrens is cur'd, by an early 

 Scarification of the part to the quick, with a Fleam ; 



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