℞ _Fol. Scabiosæ, acetosæ ana +M ij.+ chartâ bibulâ involut. & cineribus scintillantibus subditorum, quibus adde fermenti veteris +ʒ ij.+ salis tantillum, agitentur probè in mortario cum s. q. axungiæ suillæ, ad usum præmemoratum._ But that I may not be too tedious in reciting particular Forms of this Kind, any necessary Variations are left to the Discretion of every Physician in his own Practice. WE do not wait for the Suppuration of a Buboe until it breaks of it self, when the Pain and other Symptoms continue very severe without Remission; besides, there would in doing so be Danger of wasting the Spirits too much, and letting the morbifick Matter retreat, besides the Smalness of the Orifice, which when they open themselves, is seldom large enough to give due Vent; we therefore open them by Incision, or to prevent Mortification, by a potential Cautery; and for the same Purpose it hath also been many Times found reasonable to mix the milder Causticks with Digestives. YET although common Experience attests to the Advantage of Cataplasms, as they wonderfully cherish the languid and almost extinguished natural Heat, supple the neighbouring Parts, relax the Skin, and contemper and asswage sharp Humours; yet, I say, because their frequent Repetition is sometimes on many Accounts inconvenient and disagreeable, I used to substitute the following _Cerate_ in their Room. ℞ _Emp. Oxycrocci +℥ iij.+ galbani colat gum. curannæ ana +℥ j.+ picis navalis +℥ ij.+ è liquatis simul. cum ol. chamemeli, & liliorum, v. a. e. F. massa pro empl._ And I am bold enough to affirm, that with this I have prevented the Want of a Surgeon in more than a thousand Instances: But when a Buboe is artificially opened, it is the most proper to do it in some depending Part of the Tumour; taking Care not to wound the larger Vessels and Muscles. BUT whether a Buboe breaks of it self, or is opened by Incision, it is to be washed and cleansed with a _Lixivium_ of _Ashes_, _Scordium_, _Betony_, _Bugloss_, _Sanicle_, &c. in which also is dissolved some _London Treacle_: And the following Mixture I have found very good for this Purpose, consisting of _Birthwort Root_, _Myrrh_, _Aloes_, and _Saffron_, infused in _Spirit of Wine_, and to the strained Tincture, adding a little _Oil of Turpentine_. Furthermore, to promote Digestion, and prevent Putrefaction, the following may be applied: ℞ _Mellis ros. +℥ i.+ terebinth. cum vitello ovi solut. +℥ [ss.]+ theriac. Lond. +ʒ iij.+ farinæ tritici +℥ ij. [ss.]+ cum ol. hyperici & sambuc. ana q. s. coq. in Cataplasmatis consistentiam._ Or,