The cancer
was covered with this, and, about an hour after, covered with a
plaster of tar. This must be removed in a few days, and, if any
protuberances remain in the wound, apply more potash to them, and the
plaster again, until they entirely disappear: after which heal the
wound with any common soothing salve. I never knew this to be tried.
If a wound bleeds very fast, and there is no physician at hand, cover
it with the scrapings of sole-leather, scraped like coarse lint. This
stops blood very soon. Always have vinegar, camphor, hartshorn, or
something of that kind, in readiness, as the sudden stoppage of blood
almost always makes a person faint.
Balm-of-Gilead buds bottled up in N.E. rum, make the best cure in the
world for fresh cuts and wounds. Every family should have a bottle of
it. The buds should be gathered in a peculiar state; just when they
are well swelled, ready to burst into leaves, and well covered with
gum. They last but two or three days in this state.
Plantain and house-leek, boiled in cream, and strained before it is
put away to cool, makes a very cooling, soothing ointment. Plantain
leaves laid upon a wound are cooling and healing.
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