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Dissolve the mercury in the 

 spirit, and then add the decoc- 

 tions. 



169. Ointments for healing. 



Turner's cerate, two ounces, 

 White vitriol powdered, half a 



drachm, 

 Lard, 4 ounces. 



170. For Digesting. 



2. 



Turner's cerate, two ounces, 

 White vitriol, 1 drachm, 

 Yellow basilicon, 5 ounces. 



171. For Mange. 

 Sulphur vivum, 8 ounces, 

 Arsenic in powder, 2 drachms, 

 Mercurial ointment, 2 ounces, 

 Turpentine, 2 ounces, 

 Lard, 8 ounces. 



Mix, and dress with every 

 morning. 



172. For Scab or Shab in Sheep, 

 Mallenders and Sellenders in 

 Horses, and foul blotches and 

 eruptions in cattle in general. 



Camphor, 1 drachm, 



Sugar of lead, half a drachm, 



Mercurial ointment 1 ounce. 



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