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FORM OF BANDAGES : 



Drawing Poultice, 



[book ii. 



White bread, the crum of a 41b. loaf, 



Onions, chopped, 21b. 

 Boil the onions in water, and pour the whole on 

 the bread : mix to a tolerable consistency, and whilst 

 blood-warm apply copiously to the parts in a cloth. 

 Support the application by means of a bandage of 

 stout linen cloth, with ligatures tying over the fore- 

 head and across the poll thrice, as described in the 

 annexed sketch. Some persons have recommended 

 the use of a solution of gum, to render the cloth 

 impervious to liquids, and caoutchouc is with some 

 Cockneys a great favourite. 



Should circumstances require a more extended ap- 

 plication, or that the patient's restlessness might 



