If the Heat and Pain grow excessive, take half a Dram of _Saccharum Saturni_, twenty Grains of Camphire, as much _Opium_, with two Drams of red Myrrh, to be infus'd in a Gallon of White-Wine: Let this Liquor be kept to soak the Cloaths that are laid upon the _Erysipelas_, and often renew'd. But to dress the Face, a Canvass Cloth may be us'd, which hath been dipt in a Medicine prepar'd with a {118} Gallon of Whey, two Yolks of Eggs, and a Dram of Saffron. Moreover amidst all these Remedies, it is necessary to oblige the Patient to keep to a good Diet, and to prescribe for his ordinary Drink a Diet-Drink made of Hart's-Horn, the Tops of the lesser Centory, Pippins cut in Slices with their Skins, and Liquorish; a little good Wine may be also allow'd, with the Advice of the Physician. _Of _Erysipelatous_ Tumours or Impostumes, and their Remedies._ _What are the Tumours or Impostumes that partake of the Nature of an _Erysipelas_?_ They are the dry and moist _Herpes_, the former being that which is call'd the Tetter or Ring-Worm; and the other a kind of yellow-Bladders, Pustules, or Wheals, that cause itching, and raise small corroding Ulcers in the Skin: To these may be added divers sorts of Scabs and Itch. The Remedies prescrib'd for the _Erysipelas_ may be us'd for both these kinds of _Herpes_; as also Lotions or Bathing-Liquors made of Lime-Water, and a Decoction of Wormwood and _Sal Ammoniack_, allowing half a Dram to four Ounces of Liquor. Or else take half a Dram of _Sal Saturni_, and put it into a Glass of the Decoction of Fumitory or Chervil. You may also make use of the Oil of Tartar _per deliquium_, to make a Liniment either alone, or mingl'd with the above-mention'd Decoctions. * * * * * {119} ARTICLE III. _Of the _Oedema_._ _What is the _Oedema_?_ It is a white soft Tumour, with very little sense of Pain, which ariseth from the Settling of a pituitous Humour. _What are the Remedies proper for an _Oedema_?_ They are Fomentations, Cataplasms, Liniments, and Plaisters. The Fomentations are made with Bundles of Wall-Wort or Dwarf-Elder, thrown into a hot Oven after the Bread is bak'd, and sprinkled with Wine: Afterward being taken out smoaking, they are unty'd, open'd, and wrapt about the Part, putting a warm Linnen Cloth over 'em. This Operation is to be re-iterated; and by this means the Humour is dissolv'd thro' Transpiration by Sweat. The Cataplasms are compos'd of Camomile, Melilot, St. _John_'s-Wort, Sage, Wall-Wort, Pellitory of the Wall, Roots of Briony and Onions, all boil'd together in White Wine with Honey, adding, if you please, a few Cummin or Fennel Seeds beaten. Cataplasms are also made of Horse-Dung and the Seeds of Cummin beaten, which are boil'd in strong Vinegar, and mixt with Barly-Meal to the Consistence of Pap.