CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR MALADIES OF THE NAILS AND FINGERS.
Agnails and hangnails upon the fingers are removed by
using the ashes of a burnt dog's head, or the uterus of a bitch
boiled in oil, the fingers being first rubbed with a liniment of
ewe-milk butter, mixed with honey. The gall-bladder, too, of
any animal is very useful for this purpose. Malformed nails
are healed with an application of canthlarides and pitch, which
is removed at the end of two days; or else with locusts friel
with he-goat suet; or with an application of mutton suet. Some
mix mistletoe and purslain with these ingredients; while
others, again, use verligrease and mistletoe, removing the application at the end of two days.
