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mixed
with some pomatum ; it likewise makes, with vinegar and water, a sort
of virgin's milk, that is good to allay inflammations, and to cure
pimples in the face."
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Lead," quoth Dr. Schroder, " is called Saturn, because it is
consecrated to the Saturn in the macrocosm, and to the Saturn, or
spleen, in the microcosm." " It refrigerates, binds, and thickens ;
quenceth lust, fills ulcers with flesh, and cicatriseth, and takes ofi
proud flesh from malignant ulcers, alone, or mixed with other things."
"Note too what Ecgler sayes in hys Isagoge: ' Of Lead,' quoth he, ' are
made medicines to prolong life.'" " A tincture of Lead, made with
distilled vinegar, opens the spleen." " The Salt of Lead cools against
inflammation." " Sugar (Acetate) of Lead is," according to the PharmacopcBia Londinensis —Dr.
Salmon, 1696—" a great anodyne, and easer of pain, and is of almost
infinite vertues,—if we may believe the learned Beguinus." " Outwardly,
if five or six grains be dissolved in a quarter of a pint of
Rose-water, and dark, or inflamed eyes be washed therewith, it helps
them. By such an ablution I cured one absolutely blind." " Thibaus
saith that in pain, redness, and inflammation of the eyes, as also for
a redness of the face, and skin, you may dip in this lotion a thin
slice of raw veal, and lay it on the part." " As to milk of Lead (lac Batumi), if double pledgets be dip't in this twice or thrice a day, and applied hot upon ulcers hard to heal, it will quickly cure them."
An
ointment formerly much in vogue at one time for dispelling piles was
made with Sugar of Lead, lard, and burnt cork (powdered). The
last-named ingredient was held in much repute of old as a styptic. If
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