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fenfivum^ applied about the Carbuncle to prevent its further 
Progrefs, did much good * afterwards, to eafe the Pain, 
and to bring it to a Separation, they purfued it with Cau- 
fiicks, Scarifications, Unguentum JEgyptiacum, Unguen- 
turn Bafiliconis fimplex . &c. or what elfe the Surgeon 
thought convenient. At laft they applied Digeftives to 
cleanfe it, and a healing Plafter. 
I fhall now (hew how I inftru&ed thofe, who either 
out of Poverty could not, or a foblifh Fear would not 
make ufe of a Surgeon, to cure themfelves with fuccefs, 
not only of Bubo's, but of Carbuncles alfo. I have al- 
ready taken Notice that Plafters need not be applied to Bu- 
bo's till 4 or 5 Days after their appearing. I ordered the 
Emplafirum Dyachyl . compofit. Oxycroceum , and Melilot, of 
each a like quantity well mixt 5 or elfe the Plafter, which 
is here called Voegedingianum , conGfting of Lithargyrium , 
Oyl and Wax: Others took Lithargyrium , Minium, &c. 
as it is defcribed by Monconys in his Travels, p. 119. If 
it happened that the Bubo diffolved and went away, we 
let it pafs without more ado $ but if it grew bigger, 
then I ordered them to apply a Blifter of Leven, Vi- 
negar, and Spanijh Flies 3 upon which the Bubo gradually 
came to break 3 and then with a Digeftive made of the 
Yolk of an Egg , Turpentine, Majiick,, Peruvian Balfam , 
and a little Saffron , with the Addition of Lapis nudi- 
camentalis Crotiij , it was brought to cleanfe. After the 
putrid Matter was well difcharged, the Ulcer foon heal’d 
by means of the aforefaid Plafter. 
Carbuncles were foon cured by the following Method. 
I ordered the Part round the Carbuncle . as yet un- 
touched, to be well wafhed wirh Aqua calcis $ and then 
put the Emplafirum Apoflolicum Zwelferi over the Car- 
buncle 5 and over that again a Pultefs dapp’d between 
two Linnen Rags, and applied three times a Day, made 
of C amomil- Flowers, Linfeed, Flower of Beams and Barley , 
boil’d in Milk to a proper Confidence. This draw’d 
forth 
