If the Echymosis happens in a Nervous Part, Balsam of Peru may be us'd, or, for want thereof, Oleum Lumbricorum & Hyperici, with luke-warm Wine, with which the Bolsters must be soak'd, to be laid upon it.
When the Echymosis is great, and much Blood is diffus'd between the Skin and the Flesh, the safest way is to make an Opening to let it out, lest a too plentiful and dangerous Suppuration should ensue, or even a Gangrene it self. However, a Surgeon ought to proceed in the curing of an Echymosis in the Face with great Circumspection, which must be always prepar'd for Incision.
Of phlegmonous Tumors or Impostumes, and of Remedies proper for 'em.
What are the Tumours or Impostumes that partake of a Phlegmon?
They are the Bubo, Carbuncle, Anthrax, Furunculus, Phyma, Phygeton, Panaritium or Paronychia, Burn, Gangrene, and Kibe or Chilblain.
What is a Bubo?
A Bubo is a Tumour which ariseth in the Groin, being accompany'd with Heat, Pain, Hardness, and sometimes a Feaver.
What is a Carbuncle?
A Carbuncle is a hard Swelling, red, burning, and inseparable from a Fever: It is cover'd with a black Crust or Scab, that afterward falls off at the Suppuration, leaving a deep and dangerous Ulcer, and which sometimes doth not suppurate at all.