It may be taken in the same quantity as the simple water.
Sublimate Water.
Dissolve eight grains of the corrosive sublimate in a pint of cinnamon water.
If a stronger solution is wanted, a double or triple quantity of sublimate may be used.
The principal intention of this is to cleanse foul ulcers, and consume proud flesh.
Styptic Water.
Take of blue vitriol and alum, each an ounce and a half; water, one pint. Boil them until the salts are dissolved, then filter the liquor, and add to it a drachm of the oil of vitriol.
This water is used for stopping a bleeding at the nose, and other hæmorrhages; for which purpose cloths or dossils dipt in it must be applied to the part.
Tar Water.
Pour a gallon of water on two pounds of Norway tar, and stir them strongly together with a wooden rod: after they have stood to settle for two days, pour off the water for use.