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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
209
No.
460.
Bracing
Mixture
for
Sprains.
After
the
above
embrocation
the
following
bracing
n^ixture
must
be
rubbed
on
the
part
once
a
day.
Take
of
Egyptiacum,
2
ounces;
oil
of
turpentine,
1
ounce.
Shake
well
together;
then
add
cam-
phorated
spirits
of
wine
and
compound
tincture
of
benzoin,
each
1
ounce,
and
vinegar,
11
ounces.
Mix,
and
shake
well
together
every
time
it is
used.
No.
461.
jPasie
to
stop
Bleeding.
Take
of
fresh
nettles,
1
handful,
and
bruise
them
in
a
mortar.
Add
blue
vitriol,
in
powder,
4
ounces;
wheat
flour,
2
ounces
;
wine
vinegar,
J
ounce
;
oil
of
vitriol,
J
ounce.
Beat
them
all
together
into
a
paste.
Let
the
wound
be
filled
up
with
this
paste,
and
a
proper
pledget
of
tow
laid
over
the
mouth,
in
order
to
prevent
it
from
falling
out,
and
then
bandage
it
on
with
a
strong
roller.
This
dressiiig
must
remain
on
the
wound
10
or
12
hours.
No.
462.
Ointment
for
Scratched
Heels.
Take
of
hog's
lard,
1
pound
;
white
lead,
4
ounces
•
alum,
in
fine
powder,
2
ounces
;
white
vitriol,
1
ounce;
«ugar
of
lead,
|
ounce;
olive-oil,
3
ounces.
Grind
all
the
pow|lers
in
a
marble mortar
with
the
oil,
or
on
a
marble
slab
;
then
add
the
lard,
and
work
the
whole
together
till
united.
This
is
a
neat
composition,
and
very
proj^er
to
2G