Ars chirurgica a compendium of the theory and practice of chirurgery in seven books ... shewing the names, causes, signs, differences, prognosticks, and various intentions of curing all kinds of chirurgick diseases ... : to which is added Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, The medical store, Latin and English ... / by William Salmon ...

6. Ointment of Tobacco.

℞ Green leaves of Tobacco lbij ss. juice of Tobacco, Oil-olive, a. lbj ss. boil them with a gentle fire to the consumption of the humidity, afterwards strain out by pressing. To this expressed substance add Strasburgh-Turpen∣tine, Sheeps-suet, a. ℥ x. Wax ℥ vj. round Birthwort-roots in fine pouder ℥ v. mix, and make an Ointment. Otherwise. Take Extract of dry Tobacco lbiij. Oil-olive, Beef-suet, a. lbij. Strasburgh-Turpentine lbj ss. Wax, pouder of round Birthwort-roots, a. ℥ ix. pouder of Tobacco-leaves ℥ vij. mix, and make an Oint∣ment.

It takes away serous or thin excrements in Ulcers, and se∣parates and cleanses them from the more thick: it eases Pain,

digests malign Humors impacted in any part, abates their acri∣mony, and fills Ulcers with Flesh. It is a Medicament of great fame, and is peculiarly good for Wounds made by the bitings of mad Dogs, for it extinguisheth their Poison by a specifick vir∣tue, cleansing and taking away the poisonous Humor. This Oint∣ment is described by Joubertus in his Pharmacopoeia, where he says it is of admirable use in dissipating Scrophulous Tumors. It is also celebrated for a most excellent thing in curing all sorts of Wounds and Ulcers, whether new or old. It cures also Burnings and Scaldings; takes away Morphew; heals Scald-Heads, and cures Scabbiness. It is profitable also for the Gout and Oedema, and such other like Tumors.