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Slippery Elm Poultice
Take more efficacious than any others; it sooner a sufficient quantity of pulverized slippery arrests mortification, used with proper auxili- , used with proper auxilielm bark; stir it in hot or warm milk and aries. It is also very serviceable in other water, to the consistence of a poultice. This species of inflammation. poultice pliable when applied. is a most efficacious poultice; is of almost 5028. Indian Turnip Poultice. Take universal application, and removes inflammation sooner than any other. If tincture of myrrh be added, it is valuable in boils, ulcers, carbuncles, &c. of the tops and roots of Indian turnip, if green; if dry, the roots only; simmer in water, and add slippery elm bark sufficient to form a poultice. This poultice is used in the PLASTERS. treatment of scrofula with the best effect. It either of the purposes referred to. It retains is superior to every other poultice in scrofula, heat for a considerable time, and vinegar, in a state of swelling and inflammation. laudanum, camphor, hartshorn, etc., can be,