Chap. LII. Of Gunjhot Wounds ^ Sec. 205 



and a Poultice apply'd of Barley Flour, Fenugreek Meal 

 and Linfeed Meal, boil'd .in Milk till it be thick, and a fuf- 

 ficient quantity of Ointment of Marfh- mallows to make it 

 moift, adding alfo an Ounce of Camphire powder'd to eve- 

 ry Porringer full of Poultice. This may be apply'd hot 

 twice a Day over the Inflammation, putting only a very 

 fhort and foft Tent into the Orifice. But if the large Vef- 

 fels be wounded, and fend forth an immoderate Flux of 

 Blood ; in that Cafe, the firft Drefling may be made with 

 a foft Tent dipt in a Solution of the Styptick Powder, de- 

 fcrib'd in the preceeding Chapter ; and if the Wound pene- 

 trate thro' any Member, both Orifices mull be drefs'd alike. 

 If the Wound be among the Sinews, or other nervous Parts, 

 Oil of Turpentine mixt with the common Digeftive, may 

 be applied to it, bathing it now and then with campho- 

 rated Spirit of Wine. The Cautions laid down in the pre- 

 ceeding Chapter are to be obferv'd with refpeft to Bandages 

 and Drefilngs, with this further Notice, that no Gun- (hot 

 Wound can bear any Bandage, further than to keep on 

 the Drefiings, until the Efcar and mortify'd Parts are dif- 

 charged. 



As to Burns, whether they be made with „ 



Gunpowder, or any other Way, they ought 

 in the firft place, to be bath'd with Spirits of Wine campho- 

 rated, and afterwards anointed with 0\\ of Roies, St. yohn\ 

 Wort, or Linfeed Oil, or Butter. If the Burn be new, the 

 Meat and Inflammation may be taken ofiJ" by applying im- 

 mediately to the Part pounded Onions ; fome ufe the Juice 

 of Onions and Verjuice mix'd together ; black Soap and 

 common Salt has the fame Effect ; there are others who 

 ufe Qiiick lime beat into an Ointment with frefli Butter j 

 but nothing is better, or fo fafe, as the camphorated Spirits, 

 applying afterwards the following Cataplafm. 



" Take Mallows and Marlh-mallows of each four large 

 ** handfuls, Linfeed one Pound. Boil them in four Quarts 

 *' of Water until moft of the Muifture be dried up, pulp 

 " them thro* a Sieve, and add a Pound of frefh Butter, and 

 " three Ounces of Camphire in Powder, mix them all toge- 

 " ther in a Mortar, and fmear the Part with it, or apply it 

 " fpread pretty thick on a piece of limber Canvas. 



But if the Burn be deep, it muft be fcarrify'd with a 

 Fleam, and the fame Poultice apply'd over it to haften the 

 Efcar or burnt Parts to a Suppuration : Bleeding ajid Cly- 

 fters may be alfo comply 'd with, when there is exceflive 

 Heat and Inflammation, ^V. 



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