CHAP. 57. (24.)—FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIME.
Lime is also employed very extensively in medicine. For
this purpose, fresh lime is selected, which has not been slaked
with water. Its properties are caustic, resolvent, and attractive;
and it prevents serpiginous ulcers from spreading, being
incorporated with vinegar and oil of roses, for the purpose.
When this has been effected, it is tempered with wax and oil of
roses, and applied to promote cicatrization. In combination
with honey, and liquid resin, or hogs' lard, lime is curative of
sprains and scrofulous sores.