In the _inflammatory quinsey_, a piece of flannel, moistened with this mixture, applied to the throat, and renewed every four or five hours, is one of the most efficacious remedies. LINIMENT OF LIME WATER. Take of lime water, and olive oil, each three ounces. Mix them by shaking in a phial. This solution is thick, of a white colour, and devoid of acrimony. It is very advantageously applied to burns and scalds. The soapy matter separates from the water when it has been made some time, and therefore it is always better to prepare it only when it is wanted. EAU-DE-LUCE. Dissolve ten or twelve grains of white soap in four ounces of rectified spirit of wine; after which, strain the solution. A dram of rectified oil of amber is then added, and the whole filtered: with this solution should be mixed such a proportion of the strongest volatile spirit of ammonia, in a clear glass bottle, as will, when sufficiently shaken, produce a beautiful milk-white liquor. If a kind of cream should settle on the surface, it will be requisite to add a small quantity of the spirituous solution of soap. Those who may wish to have this liquor perfumed, may employ lavender or Hungary water, instead of the spirit of wine. It is employed for curing the _bites of adders_, _wasps_, _bees_, _gnats_, _ants_, and other insects, and for _burns_. RIGA BALSAM. Mix together, 4 ounces of spirit of wine, 1 dram of Friar’s balsam, 2 do. of tincture of saffron. This balsam is used for _sprains_ and _bruises_. OF FOMENTATIONS. Fomentations are applied externally, and as warm as the patient can conveniently bear, in the following manner: Two flannel cloths are dipped into the heated liquor, of one which is wrung as dry as the necessary speed will admit then immediately applied to the part affected. The flannel lies on, until the heat begins to go off, and the other is in readiness to apply at the instant in which the first is removed:—thus these flannels are alternately applied, so as to keep the affected part constantly warm. This is continued fifteen or twenty minutes, and repeated two or three times a day, or as often as occasion may require. The degree of heat should never exceed that of producing a pleasing sensation; great heat sometimes produces effects very opposite to that intended by the use of the fomentation. DECOCTION FOR FOMENTATIONS. Take of the leaves of southernwood, dried, tops of sea-wormwood, do. camomile flowers, ditto, each 1 oz. bay leaves, do. ½ oz. distilled water, 6 pints. Boil them a little, and strain. In making these decoctions the aromatic substances should not be added until the decoction is nearly completed, for otherwise their flavour would be entirely dissipated. ANODYNE FOMENTATION.