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known to fail of a cure, if the feet have been kept clean, dry, and
warm.--An emollient ointment, for anointing any external inflammations,
may be made as follows. Take two pounds of palm oil, a pint and a half
of olive oil, half a pound of yellow wax, and a quarter of a pound of
Venice turpentine. Melt the wax in the oil over the fire, mix in the
turpentine, and strain off the ointment.

OINTMENT FOR BURNS. Scrape two ounces of bees' wax into half a pint of
sallad oil, and let it simmer gently over the fire till the whole is
incorporated. Take it off the fire, beat up the yolks of three eggs with
a spoonful of oil, and stir up all together till it is quite cold.

OINTMENT FOR THE EYES. This is made of four ounces of fresh lard, two
drams of white wax, and one ounce of prepared tutty. Melt the wax with
the lard over a gentle fire, and sprinkle in the tutty, continually
stirring them till the ointment is cold.

OINTMENT OF LEAD. This should consist of half a pint of olive oil, two
ounces of white wax, and three drams of the sugar of lead finely
powdered. Rub the sugar of lead with some of the oil, add to it the
other ingredients, which should be previously melted together, and stir
them till the ointment is quite cold. This cooling ointment may be used
in all cases where the intention is to dry and skin over the wound, as
in burns and scalds.

OINTMENT OF MARSHMALLOWS. Take half a pound of marshmallow roots, three
ounces of linseed, and three ounces of fennugreek seed. Bruise and boil
them gently half an hour in a quart of water, and then add two quarts
of sweet oil. Boil them together till the water is all evaporated: then
strain off the oil, and add to it a pound of bees' wax, half a pound of
yellow rosin, and two ounces of common turpentine. Melt them together
over a slow fire, and keep stirring till the ointment is cold.

OINTMENT OF SULPHUR. This is the safest and best application for the
itch, and will have no disagreeable smell, if made in the following
manner. Take four ounces of fresh lard, an ounce and a half of flour of
sulphur, two drams of crude sal-ammoniac, and ten or a dozen drops of
lemon essence. When made into an ointment, rub it on the parts affected.

OLIVES. This foreign article, sent over in a state of preservation,
requires only to be kept from the air. Olives are of three kinds,
Italian, Spanish, and French, of different sizes and flavour. Each
should be firm, though some ar