"Take of verdigris, powdered, an ounce; vinegar, seven fluid ounces; honey, fourteen ounces. Dissolve the verdigris in the vinegar, and strain it through linen; then, having added the honey, boil down to a proper consistence."

Oxymel Cupri Subacetatis, Dub. Oxymel of Subacetate of Copper.

"Take of prepared verdigris, one ounce; wine vinegar, seven fluid ounces; clarified honey, fourteen ounces. Dissolve the verdigris in the vinegar, and strain it through a linen cloth: add the honey, and boil the mixture to a proper thickness."

This preparation, which is the Mel Aegyptiacum of the old Pharmacopoeias, is improperly named a liniment by the

1 Berkley's Siris, passim.

London College. It is detergent and escharotic; and in the above state is used for taking down fungous flesh; and, considerably diluted, is an useful stimulant to foul ulcers, which it clears and excites to a more healthy action. It has been employed as a gargle in venereal ulcerations of the mouth and fauces; but I cannot recommend it.