In accordance with these varying factors did the _treatment of ulcers of the genitals_ vary, though without any universally recognized special distinction from that adopted for ulcers in general. Speaking generally, purgings by the rectum are not indicated; but preferably in affections of the genitals revulsory treatment by emetics is employed.[352] If blood-letting is resorted to, it must be either in the hollow of the knee or at the ankle.[353] As to local measures, fatty matters according to _Antyllus_ are not good for the genitals,[354] whereas astringents and desiccatives are beneficial, if that is to say the phlegmonous condition is absent.[355] On the contrary if the latter is found, this must in the first place be combated, then a mixture applied consisting of sifted resin and pounded cumin, or alternatively a poultice of barley-meal, hydromel and vine-leaves reduced to a pulp, or else cumin with butter and tree-resin.[356] Above all Galen[357] recommended in the early stages before the appearance of an eating or phagedenic ulcer (κατὰ τῶν ἐν αἰδοίοις φλεγμονῶν ἐν ἀρχῇ, πρὶν ὑποφαίνεσθαι τινα νομώδη σηπέδονα,—in phlegmonous affections of the privates at the commencement, before any eating ulceration appear) a _ceratum rosaceum_ (wax-salve of roses), the preparation of which he gives _in extenso_, and Aëtius copying from him; its activity is enhanced by the addition of a little _oleum sabinum_ (Sabine oil). If the ulcers are complicated with _swelling_, a compound of white-lead (ψιμύθιον) and triturated vine-leaves is applied,[358] sea-water compresses,[359] or poultices of boiled lentils and pomegranate rind.[360] For _painful_ ulcers pompholyx (flowers of zinc)[361] was particularly recommended, or a decoction of linseed with the addition of myrrh; also woman’s milk may be advantageously used as well,[362] especially with the addition of _anodynes_, and above all pompholyx or flowers of zinc. _Paulus Aegineta_ (loco citato) prescribed the application of butter and resin melted together in equal parts, or linseed ground up with myrrh and resin. In _raw_ and _dry_ ulcers of the genitals the aloe was very generally prescribed; it was powdered and sprinkled over the sore,[363] or if a phlegmonous condition was already established, dissolved in water.[364] In the second case _Oribasius_[365] prescribed likewise the use of lead,—and indeed it was a usual recommendation with regard to most of the recognized remedies that they should be pounded and triturated in leaden mortars with leaden pestles.