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Chlorinated Poultice
Mix gradually 44 ounces linseed meal with 6 fluid adhesive. Put the water and litharge into a ounces boiling water; add 2 fluid ounces of a perfectly clean and well polished tinned copsolution of chlorinated soda (chloride of sodium), applied to foul ulcers, &c. per or copper pan, mix them together with a spatula, add the oil, and boil, stirring con-