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Thefuppurative or ripening Ointment , caWd 

 Bafilicum. 



TAke yellow Wax, Sheets Suet, Rofin and black 

 Pitch, of each half a Pound, cut 'em into 

 fmall Pieces, then put five Pounds or Oil Olive into 

 a Bafon or Pot, fet it over a pretty ftrong Fire, and 

 when the Oil is hot, add the other Ingredients; 

 after they are wholly melted, ftrain the liquid Mafs 

 through a piece of Canvafs or coarfe Cloth, and 

 then add a Pound of Turpentine, ftirring it conftantly 

 till it be cold : So (hall you have an excellent Sup- 

 purative*, with which you may ever chafe the Parts 

 that you mean to ripen, or anoint Tents with it, in 

 order to digeft and ripen the Matter. 



The Liquid Cauftic* 



TAke the Spirit of Salt and Nitre, of each two 

 Ounces, put 'em into a Matrafs, and after the 

 ebullition is over, if any happen, add two Ounces 

 of Quickfilver, and place the Matrafs in a moderate 

 heat, till the Mercury be confum'd or difappear ; 

 then add two Drams of good Opium, and you will 

 have an excellent Caufiic^ which mult be kept in a 

 glafs Viah 



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