The difficulty of Respiration may be remov'd by a Medicinal Composition made of two Drams of an Anti-scorbutick Water, two Drams of the Essence of Elicampane, and half a Dram of the Spirit of Gum _Ammoniack_; take three or four Spoonfuls thereof several times in a Day. To prevent the putrefaction of the Gums, take one Dram of the Tincture of Gum _Lacca_, three Drams of the Spirit of Scurvy-Grass, with fifteen or twenty Drops of Oil of Tartar made _per Deliquium_, and rub the Gums with this Composition many times in a Day. Brandy in which Camphire is infus'd, or Spirit of Wine, is likewise a most excellent Remedy; as also all Lotions or Washes made with the Waters or Decoctions of Anti-scorbutick Plants. For Leanness, Goat's-Milk with the Spirit of Scurvy-Grass may be us'd, and other Waters drawn from Anti-scorbutick Plants. The Apozemes or Decoctions of Endive, Cicory, Sorrel, _Becabunga_, and Snail-Water, are in like manner very good for the same purpose. Ointment of _Styrax_ is frequently us'd in the Hospital call'd _Hôtel-Dieu_ at _Paris_, and apply'd to Spots and callous Swellings that arise in the Legs. * * * * * {138} A TREATISE OF _Wounds, Ulcers, and Sutures_. * * * * * CHAP. I. _Of Sutures._ Sutures or Stitches are made only in recent, and as yet bleeding Wounds, when they cannot be re-united by Bandage, as are the transverse; provided there be no Contusion, nor loss of Substance, nor great Hæmorrhages, as also that the Wounds were not made by the biting of venomous Beasts, that there be no violent Inflammations, and that the Bones are not laid open; because generally 'tis necessary to cause 'em to be exfoliated; neither is this Operation to be perform'd in the Breast, by reason of its Motion. The Instruments proper for the making of Stitches, are streight and crooked Needles, {139} with waxed Thread; and these Sutures are of four sorts, _viz._ first the _Intermittent Stitch_ for transverse Wounds; the second for the Hare-Lip; the third, commonly call'd the _Dry Stitch_, for superficial Wounds; and the fourth, term'd the _Glover's Stitch_. The Intermittent Stitch is that which is made at certain separated Points, according to the following manner: After having taken away all extraneous Bodies out of the Wound, let a Servant draw together its Sides or Lips; and let a Needle with waxed Thread be pass'd thro' the middle from the outside to the inside, several Points being made proportionably to its length. It is requisite to pierce a good way beyond the Edge of the Wound, and to penetrate to the bottom, lest any Blood shou'd remain in the Space, that might hinder the reuniting.