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peel off, it may be applied a second time, and in tlie same mannera third, fourth, or as many more times as the case may require.

No. 48. Ointment of Nitrated Quicksilver, or YellowMercurial Ointment.

Dissolve one ounce of quicksilver in an equal quantity of nitrousacid ; add to it one ounce of lard, and as much olive oil previouslymelted, stirring them frequently together, till cold.

No. 49. Strong Mercurial Ointment.

’I ake quicksilver, four ounces; hog's lard, three ounces ; tal-low, one ounce. M“lt a little of the lard, keeping it on the fire -till it be somewhat burnt; with this rub the quicksilver till it beextinguished. Then add to it the rest of the lard and the tallow,melted together.

No. 50. Mel /Egyptiacum, Egyptian Honey or Oint-ment.

Take verdigrise in fine powder, two ounces; honey, «'x ounces;vinegar, four ounces. Boil them over a gentle lire till they ac-quires reddish colour.

POULTICES and CATAPLASMS.

“ Poultices, says Mr. Bartlett, are of such real and extensive usein farriery, that we thought the composition of them could not hetoo general, flow simple soever the ingredients may appear tosome (which are generally at hand,) yet tney will be found to an-swer most intentions, where present ease is to be obtained bywarmth, softening, and relaxing, the injured part. Many are thecases which demand such assistance, as recent swellings, inflam-mations, treads, bruises, cracked and swelled heels and feet, burns,scalds, bruised and lacerated wounds from stumps, thorns, glass,nails, &c. which last are much better treated with such simpleemollient applications, than by hot oils or scalding plasters droptinto the wounds ; which, under the absurd notion ot drawing, buttoo often sear up tiie mouths of the vessels, hinder digestion,*’ andconsequently increase botli pain and inflammation. In short, it iscertain that very great services are daily done by the use of poul-tices, not only in those disorders to which the human body is inci-dent, but also in those wherewith the brute part of the creation isailiicted. One advantage which they have over most outward ap-plications is peculiar to them, that they convey and retain an ad-ditional heat, besides what is often in the ingredients ; and as mostof them have also something emollient in their composition, theymust necessarily sotlen and relax the skin and vessels, abate tension,attenuate and thin viscid and obstructed juices, so that their returninto the common course of circulation, or discharge by the (toresot the skin, must in general be much better answered by poulticesthan by other methods.”

No. 51. Mustard Poultice.

Take flour of mustard, four ounces ; cantbarides, half an ounce;linseed powder, half a pound ; vinegar, enough to make a poultice.This i- a powerful stimulant in rheumatic swellings, where blisteringcan be dispensed with.

No. 52. Emollient Poultice.

Take coarse bread, barley meal, and camomile or elder flowers,each a handful; boil over the fire in a sufficient quantity of milk,or in the decoction for the fomentation ; into which stir about athird (of the whole quantity) of white lily root, washed clean andpounded to a paste; adding linseed and fenugreek in powder, ofeach an ounce ; stirring in, while hot, of turpentine, two ounces,and of lard, lour ounces; laying it on moderately warm, andbandaging firmly. To serve for two poultices.

No. 53. TuRNir Poultice.

Take boiled turnips and brown bread, or linseed meal, onepound each ; mash them well over a lire, adding by degrees aproper quantity of stale strong beer to bring them to due consist-ence ; tin’ll stir in obe otiuce of the best flour of mustard ; twoounces of oil of turpentine, and four ounces of hog’s lard. Thispoultice is useful for the grease.

No. 54. Stimulant Cataplasm.

I Take mustard seed pounded small, or mustard ready made, apint; garlic, six heads; camphor, two ounces; soap, enough tomake a poultice.

No. 55. Discutient Cataplasm.

T ake crumb of white bread, eight ounces; white hard soap, oneounce; milk, a sufficient quantity to make a poultice. Boil thewhole together for a little time.

FOMENTATIONS and PLASTERS.

No. 56. Rkstringent Fomentation.

Take oak bark, one ounce; pomegranate rind, half an ounce;smithy water, three pints. Boil them to two pints, and add twodrachms of rock alum. Dip flannel in this decoction, and bind itabout the parts, while the horse stands in the stable.

No. 57. Strengthening Plaster.

Take black rosin, and Burgundy pitch, four ounces each; di-achylon plaster, two pounds; colcotharof vitriol, one pound. Mix.

No. 58. Discutient Fomentation.

Take burnt alum and while vitriol, two ounces each; melfEgyptiacum, one ounce; lime water, three pints. Mix and fomentwith it three times a day. Those who wish to pursue the study offarriery further would do well to consult the works of Messrs.Clark, Talpin, Lawrence and Blane, on this subject..

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FARRINGDON, a town of England, in Berks, N. W. of Ox-ford.

FARSA, a town of European Turkey in Thessaly, ancientlycalk’d Pharsalia. It is 14 miles S of Larissa.

FAR 1ST AN or FARS, a province of Persia , bounded on theN. by a desert, which separates it from Chorasan; on the E. bythe Gulf of Persia ; and W. by Chusistan. It is 420 miles longfrom N. to S. and 360 broad from E. to W. The S. part of it ishot, sandy, and barren; the N. mountainous, and abounding inwild boars, falcons, &c. The centre is fertile. Its chief pro-ductions are rice, fruits, wood, mastic, and emeralds.

['ART ACII, FARTAK, or FAR PAQUE, a sea-port of Ara-bia Felix, in the province of Hadramaxt. It is 480 miles E. ofMocha. Lon. 68. 10 E. Lat 14. 40. N.

FARTHING, [ feorthling , Sax. from/cower, four, that is, thefourth part of a penny,] the fourth of a penny; the smallestEnglish coin.

Farthing of Gold, a coin used in ancient times, containingin value the farthing or fourth part of a noble, or 20<1. silver. Itis mentioned in stat. 9 Hen . V. cap. 7, where it is enacted, thatthere shall be good and just weight of the noble, half-noble, andfarthing of gold.

Farthing of Land, seems to differ from farding-deal. For ina survey book ot the manor of VV'est Ilapton in Devonshire, thereis an entry thus: “ A. B. holds six farthings of land at 1261. perarm.” So that the. farthing ot land must have been a considerablequantity, far more than a rood,

| FARTREY, a river of Ireland, which runs into the Irish sea.

It is nine miles-N. of Wicklow.

FASCENINA, FASCENNIA, or FASCINATA, [low Lat.]pales, fascines, &c. used to inclose ancient castles.

FASCES , in Roman antiquity, axes bound up together with rods,or staves, and carried before the Roman magistrates as a badge of ,their authority and office. The use of the tasces was introducedby the elder Parquin, as a mark of sovereign authority : in after L

times they are were before the consuls, but by turns only, each "

his day. They had twelve of them cartied by so many lid or-.

I After the consuls, the praHors assumed them, and Censorinus ob-I serves they had only two, though Plutarch and Polybius give them| six. In the government of the decemviri, it was the practice at; first for only two of them to have the fasces. Afterwards, each ofI them had twelve, in the same manner as the kings,j FASCETS, in the art of making glass, are tfie irons thrust intothe mouths of bottles, in order to convey them to the annealingj tower. *'

I FASCIA, in antiquity, a thin sash which the Roman women 4

wrapped round their bodies, next to the skin, to make them slender. A

Something of this sort seems also to have been in use among the # aKGrecian lathes. See Terence. Eun. Act. 2. Sc. 4. J*

! Fascia, in architecture, signifies any tlat member having a con- jf'tsiderable breadth and but a small projecture, as the band of an. yf'

! architrave, larmier, &c. In brick buildings, the jottings out of .

1 the bricks beyond the windows in the several stories except the: highest are called %citc.

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