t 8<J Concerning the Cure brought too great an Inflammation all round ity and promoted a Strangury, which, by Excefs of Uneafinefs, greatly wafted the Spirits, and funk the Patient's Strength. THAT thefe A pplications may cer- tainly anfwe.r their End, the moft fharp ought to be ufed: The following Compo- iition never failed me in all my Practice ; but before its Application, the Part was always rubbed with Vinegar. IJ£ Ticis navalis § v. galbani col at. 5j j. cera £ ). fs. quib'us fimul liquatis 9 & ab igne femotis y aide pufo. cantharidum fr<zp» 5 vij. vel J j. fer- menti veteris y fern, ameos ana 5 iij. cufhorbii 5 j. cum aceti fcillit. q, fi incorjorentur^ affiduc agitan* do y quoWfcjue cogdntur in Emplafiri majfam. THE Parts thus veilcate'd were never lljlfered to .heal, till the Malignity of the Difeafe was fpent , and to prevent their fudden drying up, they were continually Simulated by Melilot Plafters fprinkled over with fome Powder of Cantharides * which kept up a conftant Drein of noxious Hu- mours ; but to affwage the great Heat and Inflammations, fometimes occafioned hereby, Cole-wort Leave's were applied to them. YET
