Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Medicine must be employed for two purposes

Medicine must be employed for two purposes

Medicine must be employed for two purposes



Medicine must be employed for two purposes; the first, to alleviate the pain and act locally on the disease; and the second, to amend the general health, checking the constitutional disposition to be affected. As a local application, Mr. Blaine recommends an ointment; which I object to, because I have found it aggravate the suffering without conferring any compensating benefit. Astringents, such as the acetate of lead, are not curative; but the following ointment has done so much good in these cases that I can most confidently submit it to the public:

CamphorTwo drachms.
Strong mercurial ointmentOne drachm.
Elder ointmentOne ounce.

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