Flowers of sulphur, half an ounce.
Powdered sassafras bark, 1 ounce.
Burdock, (any part of the plant,) 2 ounces.
The above to be steeped in one quart of boiling water. When cool,
strain. All that is now needed is to keep the part cleansed, and at
rest. If a fetid smell still remains, wet the cleft, morning and
evening, with
Chloride of soda, 1 ounce.
Water, 6 ounces.
Mix.
_Another._
Pyroligneous acid, 2 ounces.
Water, a pint.
Mix.
_Another._
Common salt, 1 table-spoonful.
Vinegar, a wine-glass.
Water, 1 quart.
Whenever any fungous excrescence makes its appearance between the claws,
apply powdered bloodroot or burnt alum.