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LEECH BOOK. I. 97
marrow, lay it on the other marrow, bind it well up for
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a night. A wound salve : the lichen of hazel, and the
netherward part of holly rind and githrife, pound the
worts very well, mingle with butter, seethe thoroughly,
skim off the foam, strain through a cloth very
clean ;
if the edges of the wound are too high,^ run
them round with a hot iron very lightly, so that
the skin may whiten.
9. A wound salve : pound very thoroughly, goutweed,
mingle with butter, seethe thoroughl}^, and boil,
and wring through a cloth, skim off the foam, salt it
very well ; if the wound get foul, chew strailwort upon
it and yarrow. A wound salve: take ribwort and
yarrow, and the netherward part of pellitory, and dock,
and goose dung, and a little pitch, and honey, boil in
butter, apply it to the wound, then it cleanseth and
healeth. A wound salve : take yarrow and leechwort,
boil in butter.
1 0. A salve to the end that a wound may not foul
take briar, on which hips wax, that is, dog rose, chew
the rind and let it drop on the wound, then it Avill
not foul. A wound salve : the netherward part of
meadow wort, lustmock, hove, everfern, boil in honey,
add thick mashwort among them. A drink for wounds :
the netherward part of everthroat, that is, cavline
thistle, and meadow sweet, so also the nether and upward
part of agrimony, boil the worts in ale, barm
them with yeast, that is, introduce fermentation with
yeast, administer to drink.
11. A wound drink : pound small, cuckoo sour,
wild cunila,^ cockle, the netherward part of carline
thistle, ashthroat, put them into cold water, rub between
the hands, strain through a cloth,
administer to
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Probably, if the edges are likely to coalesce, before the parts that lie
deeper.
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Plinius, XX. 63.
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