Moreover amidst all these Remedies, it is necessary to oblige the Patient to keep to a good Diet, and to prescribe for his ordinary Drink a Diet-Drink made of Hart's-Horn, the Tops of the lesser Centory, Pippins cut in Slices with their Skins, and Liquorish; a little good Wine may be also allow'd, with the Advice of the Physician.
Of Erysipelatous Tumours or Impostumes, and their Remedies.
What are the Tumours or Impostumes that partake of the Nature of an Erysipelas?
They are the dry and moist Herpes, the former being that which is call'd the Tetter or Ring-Worm; and the other a kind of yellow-Bladders, Pustules, or Wheals, that cause itching, and raise small corroding Ulcers in the Skin: To these may be added divers sorts of Scabs and Itch.
The Remedies prescrib'd for the Erysipelas may be us'd for both these kinds of Herpes; as also Lotions or Bathing-Liquors made of Lime-Water, and a Decoction of Wormwood and Sal Ammoniack, allowing half a Dram to four Ounces of Liquor. Or else take half a Dram of Sal Saturni, and put it into a Glass of the Decoction of Fumitory or Chervil. You may also make use of the Oil of Tartar per deliquium, to make a Liniment either alone, or mingl'd with the above-mention'd Decoctions.
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Of the Oedema.
What is the Oedema?