The horseman's friend, or, Pocket counsellor / William B. McCrum.

  • McCrum, William B.
Date:
[1850?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The horseman's friend, or, Pocket counsellor / William B. McCrum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    duces fever in the muscle. Cure before it breaks: run a rowel or set on from the lower part of the swelling to the top,through the cen- tre of the enlargement, then make the following lotion: Take of salamoniac 2 ounces, and tur- pentine .spirits \ pint, 4 ounces of linseed oil, and 4 ounces of spirits of tar; shake all well, and apply it -all over the swelling every other day; let the seton stay in until all the swelling is gone down—move it every day, and when all is gone draw it out. Bleed when you first open it; keep the part clean. FISTULA AFTES5 kT BREAKS. If you find by probing it that the pipes run down towards the surface, run down a seaton through the bottom of the pipe, and anointit with the following ointment. Take of mercu- rial ointment 4 ounces, and of cantharides \ ounce; anoint the seton every day until it runs a bloody matter, then draw it out if the pipes run down to the centre of the shoulders, then run down a piece of the nilre of silver to the bottom, and use the liquid in the next following receipt; apply it on the swelling and on the sore every day; keep the part clean with soap and water. Liquid for Fistula or Foil Evil. Take olive oil 6 ounces, turpentine \ ounce, oil of origanum \ ounce, American or sinikey ail, 3 ounces. Mix well and apply it to tho part affected, after the nitre of silver has been used; apply this every few days, until it heal* up; ths cleaner you keep the part the belter.