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:

Camphor	Two drachms.
Strong mercurial ointment	One drachm.
Elder ointment	One ounce.