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EEMEDIES FOB BUKNS. 
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CHAP. 69. — EEMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS, AND EOE PURULENT 
ERUPTIONS. 
Tor erysipelas a liniment of bears' grease is used, that from 
the kidneys in particular ; fresh calves' dung also, or cow-dung ; 
dried goats' milk cheese, with leeks; or else the fine scrapings of 
a deer's skin, brought off with pumice-stone and beaten up in 
vinegar. "Where there is redness of the skin attended with 
itching, the foam from a horse's mouth is used, or the hoof, 
reduced to ashes. 
Tor the cure of purulent^"^ eruptions ashes of burnt asses' 
dung are applied, with butter ; and for the removal of swarthy 
pimples, dried goats' milk cheese, steeped in honey and vinegar, 
is applied in the bath, no oil being used. Pustules are treated 
with ashes of swine's dung, applied with water, or else ashes 
of deer's antlers. 
CHAP. 70. REMEDIES FOR SPRAINS, INDURATIONS, AND BOILS. 
For the cure of sprains the following applications are used ; 
wild boars' dung or swine's dung; calves' dung; wild boars' 
foam, used fresh with vinegar; goats' dung, applied with 
honey; and raw beef, used as a plaster. For swellings, swine's 
dung is used, warmed in an earthen pot, and beaten up w^ith 
oil. The best emollient for all kinds of indurations upon the 
body is wolf's fat, applied topically. In the case of sores 
which are wanted to break, the most effectual plan is to apply 
cow-duDg warmed in hot ashes, or else goats' dung boiled in 
vinegar or wine. For the cure of boils, beef-suet is applied 
with salt ; but if they are attended with pain, it is melted with 
oil, and no salt is used. Goat- suet is employed in a similar 
manner. 
CHAP. 71. REMEDIES FOR BURNS. THE METHOD OF TESTING 
BULL- GLUE ; SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. 
For the treatment of burns, bears' grease is used, with lily 
roots; dried wild boars' dung also, or swine's dung; the ashes 
of burnt bristles, extracted from plasterers' brushes, beaten up 
with grease ; the pastern-bone of an ox, reduced to ashes, and 
mixed with wax and bull's marrow or deer's marrow ; or the 
dung of a hare. The duDg, too, of a she-goat, they say, will 
effect a cure without leaving any scars. 
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