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and the same of burgundy. Melt, and keep ina stoneware pot. 
This ointment is an excellent application for healing wounds, 
sores, burns, &c. Apply ona soft cloth two or three times a 
day. Itis not desirable to wash sores unless they are pro- 
ducing a quantity of matter. If so, wash with the healing 
soap. (See index.) 
LOTIONS, WASHES, OR COLLYRIUMS. 
Lotions are used pretty extensively in the old practice. 
Generally speaking, however, fomentations of hot herbs supply 
their place a thousand times better; nor do we know many 
forms of disease, apart from those of the eyes, where they are 
of any very great practical use. 
Was FoR INFLAMED Evzts.— 
Distilled or Rose Water .....e..e0..:. One ounce. 
Tincture of Hydrastis Canadensis ...... One drachm. 
Tincture of Golden Seal .....,......... One drachm. 
Mix, and apply with a fine camel-hair brush night and 
morning’, 
Compounp Bistorr Was ror OpaTHAtMia, &c.— 
Bayberry Powder 2.7 acc sls ba Bee Half ounce. 
EiChine Of Distort coo se One drachm. 
Infuse the powder in eight ounces of boiling water, let it 
remain until cold, strain the liquor off clear, add the tincture, 
and use freely morning, noon, and night. 
In inflamed mucous discharges from the ears, nose, vagina, 
urethra, or any other part, this is exceedingly useful. 
