_The mercurial cloth._
_Take a cloth or rag as much as half a yard square, upon which
spread one ounce of mercurial ointment; let the patient work
this into the cloth with his hands, so that it is equally all
over alike._
With this cloth let him rub his wrists, arms, shoulders, top of his
head, his back, knees, waist, thighs, and legs; and continue this
rubbing once every morning with the same cloth for a whole month,
putting the cloth in his pocket when he has done.
His sores may be dressed with the above ointment No. XI. The decoction
of sassafras, and a dram of spirits, with a little _Turlington’s Balsam_
after his morning’s exercise, will prove greatly to facilitate the cure.
This is the method I have pursued with this filthy disorder; and I have
succeeded to my most sanguine expectations. And by this, I have been
fortunate enough to be the means of making men again, of wretches that
were a burden to themselves, and a nuisance to the people that were
obliged to associate with them.
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