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frnart every time he ufed it, (and, indeed, this was 
the firft application among the many he had tried, 
that ever gave him any uneafinefs) I concluded, that 
the addition of fome yolk of egg might lefi'en the 
acrimony of the alkaline fait, without at all abating 
the efficacy of the liniment : I therefore compofcd 
the liniment thus : 
tx Oh Olivar. §iv. 
Lixivii. Salis Aik. fix. §ii. 
Vitel. Ovor. N°. ii. f. Linimentum ; 
to be ufcd as before. This mixture not giving him 
fo much pain as the former, he had ufed it all 
in three days; and then, coming to me for more, I 
found his hands hill continue to mend; the fkin that 
had grown hard fcaling off, and a new flexible one 
appearing underneath ; the chaps were many of them 
healed ; and he began to have fome ufe of his fingers. 
Encouraged by this luccefs, lie continued the ufe of 
the lah prefcribed liniment ; and as, from his not 
having had the proper ufe of his fingers for fo long a 
time, the joints of them had, in a great degree, loff 
their motion, I advifed him, alternately to clench his 
fift, and to ffretch out his fingers, many times a day. 
The diiorder had been fo long upon him, and (if 
I may be allowed the expreflion) had taken fo deep 
root, that, although he began very fenfibly to amend, 
from the firft application of the liniment, yet it was 
full two months before I thought it advifeable to 
leave off the ufe of it ; and then, to prevent a relapfe, 
I gave him the following ointment : 
fit Axung. Porcin. § ii. 
Vitel. Ovi. 
01. La vend. g*. v. f. Unguentum. 
with 
