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Oil of myrtle has similar properties. [Note] It is of an astringent and indurative nature; mixed with the scoria of copper, and
wax, it cures diseases of the gums, tooth-ache, dysentery, ulcerations of the uterus, affections of the bladder, inveterate or running ulcers, eruptions, and burns. It exercises a healing effect also, upon excoriations, scaly eruptions, chaps, condylomata, and sprains, and it neutralizes offensive odours of the body. This oil is an antidote [Note] to cantharides, the buprestis, and other dangerous poisons of a corrosive nature.
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