32S SCALDING MIXTURES. [BOOK II. 



Digestive Ointment. — No. 1. 



•itch, J 



Yellow wax, 



Rosin, y of each 1 pound. 



Burgundy Pi 



Turpentine (common) 4 ounces. 



Linseed oil, 20 ounces. 

 Dissolve over a slow fire and spread upon leather 

 or stout linen cloth sufficiently large to come over 

 the undiseased region of the evil, after the wound 

 has been well cleansed. Fresh dressings hereof 

 should go on daily, but in no case until the matter 

 assumes a healthy appearance, which it never can 

 be brought to, unless the whole recess has been 

 reached with the knife, or by the operation of " the 

 scalding mixture" of the old school of farriery. 

 This remedy, so applied, though at variance with 

 our modern notions of pathology, has been adopted 

 by the collegians of St. Pancras, and with good 

 reason, for it never fails to effect a cure, by effec- 

 tually cleansing away the diseased parts. Three 

 several mixtures are adopted in different parts of 

 the country — the Hertfordshire and midland county 

 farriers employing No. 1 ; No. 2 is that recom- 

 mended by Gibson ; and No. 3 is Ryding's. 



Scalding Mixture. — No. 1. 



Tar, 



Mutton suet, V of each 2 ounces. 



Rosin, 



Bees wax, 1 ounce. — Melt slowly, and mix in 



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