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advife them thereto 3 tho ! fome, to pleafe their Fancy, may 
probably have ufed them. 
The third Fountain of Healing, viz. Chirurgery, re- 
mains yet to be fpoken of, being that which afforded us 
a great deal of Relief. 1 he Neceffity of the Difeafe, 
in the Abfenceof the Phyficin, often caufed the Chy- 
rugeon to employ his utmoft Skill 3 and indeed we had 
no want of faithful and skilful Chirurgeons, who per- 
form’d very fuccefsful Cures 3 but many, after theirLabour 
and Pains, loft their Lives. However, it is wonderful 
what Succefs many of the common People, that had Bubo's 
and Carbuncles , and even Furuncles , had in curing them- 
felves $ fome by the Advice of Phyficians, as having 
nothing wherewith to reward a Chyrurgeon 5 and o» 
thers according to what they themfelves thought moft 
convenient* 
To mollifie the Bubo's fome made ufe of Cakes of black 
Pepper, mixed with Vinegar and Oil of Pvofes, or of white 
Lillies 5 or they mixed thefe Cakes with Honey, Figs and 
Wheat- flower, and applied them warm in manner of a, 
Poultefs : Others took Camomile Flowers, frefh Butter 
and Linfeed. To draw the Bubo's it was very common 
to apply roafted Onions, roafted Figs, or Leaven, mixed 
with Vinegar, white Muftard-feed, and Powder of Spa - 
nifh Flies 3 and then after that, they ufed a Plafter of 0)1 
of Turpentine, Tar, and yellow Wax. 
But as foon as a Chirurgeon came, they left the Cure 
to him, who himfelf had the Precaution to take likewife 
the Advice of a Phyfician in it. Some very much recom- 
mended the Emplaftrum manm Dei le Mort 3 others, the 
Emplaftrum diachylon cum gttmmis Vigours, by it felf, or 
mixed with the Oxycroccum , to molhfie the Bubo's. Some, 
by means of Cupping GlafTes, or Blifters, or even by 
Incifions, happily took them out, and afterwards cured 
themfelves. But the Carbuncles required more Pains, 
Care, and Caution. In the beginning an Emplaftrum de~ 
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