504. _For Agues of all Sorts._

Take venice turpentine and white frankinsence finely powdered and strew

it into your turpentine till it be stiff enough not to run abroad well

mingling it together with a knife then spread it on round pieces of

leather 2 inches and half over for a man & less for children and when

you have spread over your plaister with this liquid turpentine and

frankinsence mingled as before then strew on more of the powder finely

search’d and so let them lay and dry till a white paper will not stick

to them and so puting papers between each plaister lay them up for use

& when you use them warme them and apply them to the navel a little

before the fit comes & let it lay on till they fall off themselves if

one plaister cures not then use a 2^d and so a 3^d but a 1^{st} seldom

fails. Probatum est.

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