248. Sulfur: i.e. sulphur; hot and dry in the fourth degree; it is an earthen metal, and is generated in very hot countries. If three scruples of sulphur be given in a soft egg, it will help with the asthma that comes from wetness. If sulphur be put on hot coals and the fumes be received in the mouth, it will help with cold illness of the chest. Item, take wax, common oil and white hellebore, boil them together and press through a linen cloth and put powder of sulphur into it, rub it on the head, and it will help with a scabby head, and it will help with a rash on the other parts of the body; it should not be given to dry choleric people, or to people with narrow chests. It may readily be given to people of phlegmatic humour.