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 far. The constitution should be stimulated, that 

 their effect may be aided, and their continuance 

 necessitated for the shortest possible period. The 

 sulphate of copper or of zinc ; the acetate of copper 

 or of zinc ; the chloride of zinc or of lime ; the 

 nitrate of silver or of mercury ; the black or yellow 

 wash, in strength proportioned to the symptoms, 

 may here be of service. It is well, however, to 

 remember that these agents soon lose the efficacy, 

 and the greatest benefit, therefore, is obtained when 

 they are occasionally changed on the first sign of 

 their potency decreasing. Still injections alone can- 

 not be expected to effect a restoration, and, therefore, 

 topical measures must be combined with constitutional 

 treatment. A course of mercury may be tried, or some 

 of the many agents, which, like balsams, peppers, 

 and essential oils, act on the mucous system, can be 

 administered, — never, however, relying upon any 

 one medicine for too long a period ; but, as in the 

 previous case of injections, changing it wherever 

 the drug appears either to have no effect, or to have 

 lost its power over the system. By such treatment, 

 actively employed and combined with a proper 

 attention to exercise and diet, the case must be 



