nner.

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I have seen such surprizing Effects from this Emplaister, that I am
almost backward to mention them, lest they should seem incredible. It
cures the most stubborn and inveterate Ulcers, provided the Bone is not
carious: for in this Case, lest you should lose your Labour, you must
begin with the Bone, and then apply the Plaister. The Place must be
dress'd Morning and Evening after it is clean'd with Lime Water, and
wiped well with a Linnen Cloth.

The same Plaister may serve several Times, provided it be washed with
Lime Water, wiped with a Rag, and held to the Fire a Moment before it is
apply'd.

I exhort charitable People to make this Plaister and give it to the
Poor, especially those that live in the Country; they will draw down a
Thousand Blessings in this Life, and the Lord will recompence them
hereafter.

_An excellent Pomatum for Ringworms, Tettars, Pimples, and other
Deformities of the Skin._

Take _Flowers_ of _Brimstone_[a], _Salt Petre_ purified, of each Half
an Ounce; good _White Precipitate_[b], two Drams; _Benzoin_ or
_Benjamin_, a Dram.

Beat the _Benjamin_ and _Salt-Petre_ a good while in a Brass Mortar,
till they are reduced into a very fine Powder, then mix the Flower of
Brimstone and White Precipitate with them and keep this Powder for Use.

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At _Martinico_ when I had occasion to make use of it, I incorporated it
with Butter of Chocolate; but in _France_, I substitute the best-scented
_Jessamin Pomatum_: This Smell, joined with that of Benjamin, corrects
the Smell of the Brimstone, which some Persons abhor.

I cannot sufficiently recommend this _Pomatum_, which always succeeds
well, and I have often found it beneficial when every thing else fail'd.

You must not wonder if on the first, and sometimes the second Day, the
Tettar seems more lively, or the Complection more dull; it is a sign
that the Malignity is drawn out, and that the Seeds of it are destroy'd:
you must therefore take heed of desisting, for the Skin in a little Time
will be render'd as even and smooth as you can desire.

FOOTNOTES:

[a] To wit, those that are made in _Holland_, if they can be got.

[b] To know if the _Precipitate_ be good, you may do thus; Put a little
upon a live Coal, if it flies away, it is good; if it stays behind, it
is nothing but powder'd Ceruss, or some such thing.

_FINIS._

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