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Ointment for Old Sores

Red precipitate, & ounce; sugar of lead, ounce; burnt alum, 1 ounce; white vitriol, ounce or a little less; all to be very finely pulverized; have mutton tallow made warm, 1/2 is cool. pound; stir all in, and stir until cool. Good.

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