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 ...

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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 ...
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Salmon, William, 1644-1713.
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London : Printed for J. Dawks ... and sold by S. Sprint [and 6 others] ...,
M.DC.XCVIII [1698]
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Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A60561.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 31, 2024.

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7. Ointment of Poplar-buds.

Buds of the Poplar-tree lbij. fresh leaves of Hemlock, Henbane, Poppy, Lettice, House∣leek, Nightshade, a. ℥ v. Oil-Olive lbv. beat the Herbs and Buds together, and mix them with the Oil: macerate them in warm Sand for about three weeks; afterwards boil them over a gentle fire, to the consumption of almost all the humidity, then strain out by strongly expressing; lastly, add Sheep-suet lbiij. mix, and make an Ointment.

It takes away Inflammations, discusses all sorts of Phlegmons, eases Pains from a hot cause, and allays hot Apostems; helps in Pleurisies, gives ease in the Megrim and Head-ach, stops Fluxes of Humors, hinders their

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impetus or violence, and cures an Erysipelas.

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