The next yeare when the Dog-days come, if you
have any of this Powder left, you may expose it again in the Sun, spreading
it abroad to renew its Vertue by the influence of the Sun-beams.
The way of Curing Wounds, with it, is, to take some of the Blood upon a
Rag, and put some of the Powder upon the Blood, then keep only the Wound
clean, with a clean Linnen about it, and in a moderate Temper betwixt hot
and cold, and wrap up the Rag with the Blood, and keep it either in your
Pocket, or in a Box, & the Wound will be healed without any Oyntment or
Plaister, and without any pain. But if the wound be somewhat old, and hot,
and inflamed, you must put some of this Powder into a Porringer or Bason
full of cold Water, and then put any thing into it that hath been upon the
wound, and hath some of the Blood or Matter upon it, and it will presently
take away all Pain and Inflammation, as you see in Sir _Kenelm's_ Relation
of Mr. _Howard [sic]_.
To staunch the Blood either of a Wound or Bleeding at the Nose, take only
some of the Blood upon a Rag, & put some powder upon it, or take a Bason
with fresh water, and put some of the Powder into it, and bath the Nostrils
with it.
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