[p. 342]seam is to be rubbed in by itself, and it is
to be melted along with squill, the root of which is to be divided
and applied with a bandage. Next day it is to be fomented; and having
melted old swine's seam and wax, and mixed with them oil, frankincense,
and the shavings of lotus and vermilion, this is to be used as a liniment.
Having boiled the leaves of the wakerobin in wine and oil, apply a
bandage. Another:-When you have smeared the parts with old swine's
seam let the roots of asphodel be pounded in wine and triturated,
and rubbed in. Another:-Having melted old swine's seam, and mixed
with resin and bitumen, and having spread it on a piece of cloth and
warmed it at the fire, apply a bandage. When an ulcer has formed on
the back from stripes or otherwise, let squill, twice boiled, be pounded
and spread upon a linen cloth and bound on the place. Afterward the
grease of a goat, and fresh swine's seam, spodium, oil, and frankincense
are to be rubbed in.
Part 14
Swellings which arise on the feet, either spontaneously or otherwise,
when neither the swellings nor the inflammation subside under the
use of cataplasms, and although sponges or wool, or anything else
be bound upon the sound part; but the swelling and inflammation return
of themselves again, an influx of blood
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