If the Wound be in the Nerves, Tendons, or other Nervous Parts, it is requisite to use spirituous and drying Medicines, never applying any Ointments, which will not fail to cause Purtrefaction in those Parts: But a Cataplasm may be made with Barley-Meal, _Orobus_, Lupins and Lentils boil'd in Claret, adding some Oil of St. _John_'s-Wort. The Balsam of _Peru_, Oil of Turpentine destill'd, Oil of Wax, destill'd Oil of Lavender, _Oleum Philosophorum_, Oil of Bays destill'd, Balsam of St. _John_'s-Wort, Spirit of Wine, and Gum _Elemi_, are excellent Medicaments for the Nerves: Or else, Take four Ounces of _Unguentum Althææ_ with a Dram and a half of destill'd Bays; mingle the whole Composition, and apply it: Or else, Take an Ounce of destill'd Oil of Turpentine, a Dram of Spirit of Wine, and half an Ounce of Camphire; let all be intermixt, and dropt into the Wound: Or else, {158} Take a Scruple of _Euphorbium_, half an Ounce of _Colophonia_, and a little Wax; let 'em be mingl'd together, and apply'd very hot to the Nervous Parts. If the Wounds are deep, Injections may be made with this Vulnerary Water, which is very good for all sorts of Contusions, as also for the Gangrene and Ulcers. Take the lesser Sage, the greater Comfrey, and Mugwort, of each four Handfuls; Plantane, Tobacco, Meadowsweet, Betony, Agrimony, Vervein, St. _John_'s-Wort, and Wormwood, of each three Handfuls; Fennel, Pilewort Bugle, Sanicle, Mouse-Ear, the lesser Dazy, the lesser Centory, and All-heal, of each three Handfuls; three Ounces of round Birth-Wort, and two Ounces of long: Let the whole Composition be digested during thirty Hours, in two Gallons of good White-Wine, and afterward destill'd in _Balneo Mariæ_, till one third part be consumed. If a Gangrene happens in the Part, Spirit of Mother-Wort may be put into it, which is compounded with two Drams of Mastick, Myrrh, _Olibanum_, and Amber, and a Quart of rectify'd Wine, the whole being destill'd. This Fomentation may be apply'd very hot to very good purpose, _viz._ an equal quantity of Camphirated Wine and Lime-Water, with three Drams of Camphire. This is also an excellent Cataplasm: Take a Pint of Lye, and as much Spirit of Wine, half an Handful of Rue, Sage, _Scordium_, and Wormwood, a Dram of each of the Roots of both sorts of Birth-Wort, and two Drams of {159} _Sal Ammoniack_. Let the whole Composition be boil'd till a third Part be consum'd; adding half a Dram of Myrrh and Aloes, and a little Brandy. _Of a Burn made by Gun-Powder._ If the Burn be recent, and the Skin not exulcerated, Spirit of Wine or Brandy is to be immediately apply'd; or else an Ointment may be made with Oil of Olives, or bitter Almonds, Salt, the Juice of Onions, and Verjuice.