All possible means must be us'd to dissolve 'em, by laying Slices of Beef upon the Part, renewing 'em very often, or applying Linnen Rags dipt in Spirit of Wine impregnated with Saffron. They may be also dissolv'd with the Roots of Briony grated and apply'd thereto, or else with Plaister or Mortar, Soot, Oil of Olives and _Unguentum Divinum_, a Mixture whereof being made, is to be put between two Rags, and laid upon the Tumour or Swelling. {110} If the _Echymosis_ happens in a Nervous Part, Balsam of _Peru_ may be us'd, or, for want thereof, _Oleum Lumbricorum_ & _Hyperici_, with luke-warm Wine, with which the Bolsters must be soak'd, to be laid upon it. When the _Echymosis_ is great, and much Blood is diffus'd between the Skin and the Flesh, the safest way is to make an Opening to let it out, lest a too plentiful and dangerous Suppuration should ensue, or even a Gangrene it self. However, a Surgeon ought to proceed in the curing of an _Echymosis_ in the Face with great Circumspection, which must be always prepar'd for Incision. _Of phlegmonous Tumors or Impostumes, and of Remedies proper for 'em._ _What are the Tumours or Impostumes that partake of a _Phlegmon_?_ They are the _Bubo_, Carbuncle, _Anthrax_, _Furunculus_, _Phyma_, _Phygeton_, _Panaritium_ or _Paronychia_, Burn, Gangrene, and Kibe or Chilblain. _What is a _Bubo_?_ A _Bubo_ is a Tumour which ariseth in the Groin, being accompany'd with Heat, Pain, Hardness, and sometimes a Feaver. _What is a Carbuncle?_ A Carbuncle is a hard Swelling, red, burning, and inseparable from a Fever: It is cover'd with a black Crust or Scab, that afterward falls off at the Suppuration, leaving a deep and dangerous Ulcer, and which sometimes doth not suppurate at all. {111} _What is an _Anthrax_?_ The _Anthrax_ is very near the same thing as the Carbuncle, only with this difference, that the latter always appears in the Glandulous Parts, and the _Anthrax_ every where else. _What is a _Furunculus_?_ It is a kind of Boil, or benign Carbuncle, which somewhat resembles the Head of a Nail, and is on that Account call'd _Clou_ by the _French_, causing Pains, as if a Nail were driven into the Flesh. _What is a _Phygeton_?_ The _Phygeton_ is a small, red, and inflam'd Exuberance, situated in the Miliary Glandules of the Skin, where it causeth a pricking Pain, without Suppuration. _What is a _Phyma_?_ The _Phyma_ appears after the same manner as the _Phygeton_, and suppurates. _What are the Remedies proper for all these sorts of phlegmonous Tumours and Impostumes?_ They are Cataplasms and Plaisters Anodyn, Emollient, Resolvent, and Suppurative, which are us'd proportionably as in the _Phlegmons_. _What is a _Gangrene_, _Sphacelus_, or _Esthiomenus_?_