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Tartar Emetic Ointment

Take 2 drachms potassio-tartrate of antimony, and OINTMENTS, SALVES, AND CERATES. rub it well into 1 ounce lard. This will pro- |Deshler's Salve, should be kept well protected duce an eruption on the skin very similar to small -pox in appearance.

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