342 i Treatise on 
4. As to the Virtue of agglutinating Wounds 
and Ulcers, and of flaying Fluxes of Blood, afcrib- 
ed to Aloes externally applied, it is fcarce called 
in Quedion by any •, both the Arabians and Moderns 
herein agreeing with the Ancients. 4t Aloes (fays 
Galen , /. 6 . concerning the Virtues of fimple Medi- 
cines) 44 agglutinates Sinufes, and heals Ulcers which 
are difficultly brought to cicatrize, efpecially 
44 when they are fituated at the Extremity of the 
44 large Inteiline and about the Pudenda .” And 
/. 5. c. 4. concerning the Method of Cure , he gives 
us to underfland that it has a powerful Virtue of 
flopping Blood. 44 Mix two Parts of Frankincenfe 
46 (fays he) with one Part of Aloes, and blend them 
44 together with the White of an Egg till they have 
44 the Confidence of Honey *, then put them upon 
46 the foftefl Hare’s Fur, and apply them over the 
44 open Veffel or Ulcer.” Avicenna approves the 
fame Application to the Hemorrhoids. The Mo- 
derns likewife commend it no lefs as a Balfamick 
and Vulnerary : For it is very much ufed by the 
Surgeons to cleanfe Wounds, when difpofed to 
change into Ulcers. They either boil it in Wine 
with Birthwort, Tobacco, Myrrh, &c. or mix it 
with proper Plaiflers or Unguents •, or to cleanfe 
fordid Uicers, they ufe its Tindlure with Brandy, or 
Spirit of Wine. 
Befides the Virtues abovementioned, it is like- 
wife accounted good to kill Worms, whether taken 
inwardly, or applied to the Navel. 
Concerning the Dofe of Aloes the Ancients differ 
from the Moderns, at lead from the Phyficians of 
thefe Climates. Diofcorides propofes gfs. or 3J. to 
relax the Belly, and giij. as a Purge. But at prefent 
this Dofe is thought too large. It is now given 
only from 9j. to 3ij. in a Bolus or Pills, being fel- 
dom taken diffolved by Reafon of its bitter naufeou^ 
Tafte. 
They 
