144 FARCY. 



Take corrosive mercury two drachms, dissolve in half 

 a pint of Briiihh brandy; then add of white wine 

 •vinegar a pint ; half a pint of spring water, and 

 two ounces of tinciure of myrrh ; shaking well to- 

 gether. 



Or, 



Take sugar of lead and white vitriol each an ounce ; 

 Distilled vinegar and spring water each one pint; 

 Styptic tincture three ounces. — Mix together. 



Should the ulcers continue foul, and their 

 edges become callous, very small quanties of 

 the strong mercurial ointment must be 

 gently rubbed into the centre of the most 

 inveterate, once in three or four days, cleans- 

 ing them occasionally with one of the washes 

 before mentioned. In this case one of the 

 following mercurial alterative balls must 

 be given regularly every morning for a month, 

 or longer if necessary ; altering your pro- 

 portion of nitre to three ounces, which must, 

 in the arrangement of this course, be given 

 in the water every evening, upon the visible 

 necessity of introducing your ball in the 

 mornins^ : 



Take iEthiop's mineral four ounces ; 



Of milk, of brimstone, prepared antimony, cream 

 of tartar, and cinnabar of antimony, each five 

 ounces. 



