℞ OIL-Olive lbiv. Sheeps-suet, Ceruss washed, Li∣tharge of Gold levigated, a. lbij. white Vitriol burnt ℥ v. boil it with a gentle fire, continually stir∣ring it with a wooden Spatula: to the mixture of the Oil, Suet, Ceruss, and Litharge, made thick by boiling and stirring, being removed from the fire, the Vitriol in pouder is to be added, and well mixed: so will you have a mass of a due consistency, which make into Rouls.
It is good for green Wounds, as also for great, evil-disposed, and inveterate Ulcers, and Parts broken and bruised. It discusses flatulent matter, and is partly a Sarcotick or Flesh-breeder, and partly an Epulotick, or Cicatri∣zer; that is, it has the power or virtue of generating new Flesh, of closing up Wounds, of drying up Ulcers, and skinning them. It stops Fluxes of Humors, and strengthens the Parts it is ap∣plied to. It is also good for Pe∣stilential Tumors and Apostems, Bubo's, Burnings, Diseases of the Joints, Oedema's, broken Bones, and Contusions.