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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II. Of Lupus, the Wolf.

XXIV. Tho' when other things fail, the former Directions may serve in the Cure of this Ʋlcer; yet some things Country-people have observed; that the appli∣cation of raw Flesh, as of Hen, Chicken, Pigeon, Dog, Whelp, Kitling; raw Beef, Mutton, Lamb, or Veal, being laid to in slices, allays the fury of the Difease, abates the malignty, and stops the eating quality.

XXV. Others apply this up∣on Pledgets of Lint. Take burnt Lead, Tutty, Prankincense, A.℥iv. Wormwood in pouder, Wax, A.℥jss. Oil of Roses ℥vi. juice of Night∣shade q.s. mix, and grind in a leaden Mortar, to the consistence of an Ointment.

XXVI. Juice of Nightshade is wonderfully commended; and it will be so much the more powerful, if Catechu and Saccharum Saturni be dissolved in it; the juice of Tobacco has also the same effect: a double or fourfold linnen Cloth may be dipt in them, and applied, and over that a Pledget of Tow, or piece of Spunge dipt in the same Liquor: Camphir dissolved in a little S.V. may also be mixt with them.

XXVII. Or you may lay over a green Tobacco-leaf, two or three of them, one over another; be∣cause they may be apt to dry; and dress it with them twice a day.

XXVIII. Or, Take Honey of Mullein ℥ii. Oil of Mace or Nut∣megs ℥i. Catechu ℥ss. Pomgranate∣peels

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ʒii. Minium ʒi. mix them.

XXIX. Or this of Fallopius. Take Oil of Roses, Oil-omphacin, A. ℥vi. Oil of Myrtles, Ung. Po∣puleum, A. ℥iii. leaves of Night∣shade and Plantan, A. M.ii. beat them well; boil all with a gentle Fire to the consumption of the Juice: strain, and add thereto Wax ℥iv. which melt, and taking it from the Fire, whilst hot, add moreover, Litharge ℥vi. Ceruss ℥ii. burnt Lead, Tutty, A. ʒijss. grind all together in a leaden Mortar for two Hours.

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