| Title: | Copy In Scribal Hand ?, Tomsons Water For A Fistula Etc |
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| Dating: | undated |
| Ref: | 65/4A-4B |
[65/4A]
Tomsons Water for a Fistula and all manner of
wounds & swellings, or old ulcer, Cankers, Tetters,
Boyles, or Scabbs in any places or green wounds.
Take of Bole Armeniacke uncia iiij of Camphor uncia j of white vitrioll uncia iiij boyle the camphor and Vitrioll together in a little blacke earthen pot till they become thin, stirringe them, together till they become hard in setling. Then bruise, them in a mortar to powder, & beate the Bole Armoniacke itselfe to powder, and then mingle them together and keepe there powder in a bladder, till such time you vse it then take a pottle of running water and set it on the fire till it begin to seeth, then take it from the fire & put in 3. good spoonefulls of the powder into that water while it is hot and affter put the water with the powder into that a glasse and shake it twice a day for a fortnight to make the water strong: but before you vse it let it be well setled and very cleare and apply it as hot as the patient can well suffer it, and lay a cleane linnen cloth foure double to the sore it being wet in that water, and bind it fast with a rowler to keepe it warme: doe it morning & euening till it be whole. This Vater must be put in an Oyster shell not in a sawcer when you dresse the sore, for the pewter will sucke it up. Remember - you put 3. goode spoone fulls of the powder as you can presse into the spoone: take heed noe one drinke of this Water, for it is poysom to make it stronger beate an ounce of Allom to powder & mingle with the other powders.
Take of bole Armonicke uncia[ss?]. of white vitrioll uncia j, a qvater of an ounce of Camphyr and make them all into powder. Then take a Pottle of smiths water and as much spring water and mingling them set them upon the fire as soone as it begins to seeth put in the powder very softly stirring it all the while, as soone as the powder is in, take it of the fire and dresse the wound with it twice a day, laying a cloth folded 4 times & wetted in the water it being very hot and see applyd to the wound
For a Fistula or wound.
