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HEALING SALVE FOR WOUNDS
Pint olive-oil, half ounce common resin, half ounce beeswax; melt well together, and bring oil to boiling heat.; add. X gradually of pulverized red lead-three-eighths of a pound (for summer use a trifle more lead); in a short time after it is taken up by the oil, and the mixture becomes brown or a shining black, remove from the fire, and when nearly cold add two scruples pulverized camphor. It should remain on the fire until it attains a proper consistency for spreading, which may be known by dipping a splint or knife in the mixture from time to time, and allowing it to cool. When used spread thinly on a piece of tissue-paper or old, fine linen. Excellent for frost sores or any kind that are hard to heal.