144 FARCY, 



Should the ulcers continue foul, and their 

 edges become callous, very finall quantities of 

 the ftrong mercurial ointment mufl: be gently- 

 rubbed into the centre of the moft inveterate, 

 once in three or four days, cleanfing them 

 occafionally with one of the wafhes before 

 mentioned. In this cafe one of the following 

 mercurial ALT 'E.R AT lY'E balls muft be given 

 regularly every morning for a month, or longer 

 if neceffary ; altering your proportion of nitre 

 to three ounces, which muft, in the arrange- 

 ment of this courfe, be given in the water every 

 evening, upon the viiible neceffity of intro- 

 ducing your ball in the morning : 



Take ^^thiop's mineral four ouncrs ; 



Of milk of brimftone, prepared antimony, cream 



of tartar, and cinnabar of antimony, each five 



ounces ; 

 Honey fufficient to make a mafs ; divide into a 



dozen equal balls, and roll up in liquorice or 



anifeed powder. 



Thefe remedies are founded upon a fyftem 

 of certainty to effedl all that alteratives can do; 

 and are directed in fuch proportions as may be 

 given with the greateft fafety, and calculated 

 to bear fome additions to their more aftive in- 

 gredients, at the difcretion of the prefcriber, 



fliould 



