Emplastrum Sticticum seu Puncturale, or a Stictick Plaster for Punctures, &c.
Take Cyprus Turpentine four ounces, Gum Elami two ounces, yellow Wax and Colophony, of each an ounce; red Lead finely powdered and Dragons blood, of each six drams; Styrax Calamitis and the Load-stone, of each half an ounce; roots of round Birthwort, Foreign Mumy, of each two drams; Epatick Aloes and burnt Alum, of each a dram. Mix them, and with Vulnerary Bal∣sam make a Plaster according to Art.
Virtue and Use. This Plaster is of excellent use in green Wounds and Punctures, in what part of the body soever they are, though in the Head: all which it drys, mundifies, consolidates and heals, and hin∣ders the growth of corrupt proud flesh. Moreover it draws out Iron, Lead, Arrows, pieces of Wood, Darts, &c. that are struck into any part of the body; it also draws any thing out of Wounds that offends them, it mitigates pain, and cures the biting or stinging of any venemous Beast.