A =Carbuncle=, which is the other kind of Plague-Sore, which requires the operation of the hand, happens but seldom in any of the Emunctories [and when it does it portends ill] but useth to be in most places else; It ariseth with angry _Pustules_, sometimes one, sometimes many; which soon grow discolour'd, and tend to Mortification, and the substance mortified must be cast out, and then the hollow Ulcer which remains must be healed. When a _Carbuncle_ first appears, =Diemerbroek= commends to be applied to it for the first and second day, a _Red Colewort Leaf_, smear'd over with _Rape Oyl_: The same Author mentions a _Pultis_ which he us'd for the most part, renewing it three or four times in four and twenty hours, till the Core was taken out; and then Digestive Medicines, and others succeedingly are to be us'd, as in other _Ulcers_. _Take_ Scabious _and_ Devils Bit, _of each two or three handfuls, stamp them, and then beat them with the_ Yolks of two Eggs, _and a little_ Salt; _lay it to the_ Carbuncle _warm, renewing it three times in a day at least_. FINIS. Transcribers Notes Original variations in hyphenation have been retained. Original spellings were also retained except in the cases of these apparent typographical errors: Page 2, “takeing” changed to “taking.” (How to preserve the Whole from taking Infection) Page 14, “Balsum” changed to “Balsam.” (five or six Drops of Balsam of Sulphur) Page 31, “Medicins” changed to “Medicines.” (there is variety of such Medicines) End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Title: A Plain and Easie Method For Preserving (By God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, Or Any Contagious Distemper, In City, Camp, Fleet, etc., and For Curing Such As Are Infected with It, by Thomas Willis