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method, he fubftitutes the two following com- 

 pofitions. 



Corrofive fublimate, « — — l. lb* 



Saltpetre prepared or burnt, — L lbi 



Alum burnt, — — .Lib. 



Flowers of fulphur, — — i-lb. 



Mirfk(rf), — — — JL\b. 



Black pepper, — — — i lb. 



Tobacco ground coarfe. — — i lb. 



Mix the whole together, and keep it in a glafs 

 vefTel flopped dole. Some of this is to be 

 Itrewed upon the infide of the fkin and cavity of 

 the head, after they have been warned with the 

 varnifh. 



The other dry compofition (is) is made of equal 

 quantities of tanfy, wormwood, hops, and to- 

 bacco, which are to be cut fmall and mixed to- 

 gether ; with this the cavities of the craw and 

 body are to be fluffed. He likewife directs an 

 ^artificial breafl to be made of foft wood, and 



(d) The mufk renders this compofition very expenfive, 

 for which the fame quantity of camphor might be fubfti- 

 tuted with real advantage ; with this alteration, I make ufe 

 of this powder, as cheaper than the compofition recom- 

 mended by Captain Davis, and equally effectual. Sir 

 Car. a Linne recommends a compofition of aloes, myrrh, 

 and coloquintida. And Kramer mentions arfenic and 

 burnt alum. 



(e) This is entirely ufelefs, and forms a lefs foft and 

 fmooth fluffing than cotton or tow, which on that account 

 are preferable. The reader will obferve the difficulty and 

 expence of following this complex method recommended by 

 Kuckahn ; it is indeed furprifing that his prolix directions 

 mould be admitted at large into the Philofophical Trans- 

 actions. 



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