I need to stop my injudicious use of Mercury, sez Dr. Townsend....
"Permanent Cure of all Diseases arising from an Impure state of the Blood, or habit of the System, Vix: Scrofula or King's Evil, Rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions, Pimples or Pustules on the Face, Blotches, Biles, Chronic Sore Eyes, Ring Worm, or Tetter; Scald Head, Enlargement and Pain of the Bones and Joints, Stubborn Ulcers, Syphilitic Disorders, Lumbago, Spinal Complaints, and all Diseases arising from an injudicious use of Mercury; Ascites or Dropsy, Exposure or Imprudence inn Life. It invariably cures Indigestion or Dyspepsia, Neurolagia, General and Nervous Debility, Palpitation of the Heart, Liver Complaint, and Inflammation in the Kidneys. Ladies of pale complexion and Consumptive habits, and such as are debilitated by those obstructions which females are liable to, are restored by the use of a bottle or two, to bloom and vigor."
Found in a UIUC Library book by Scott Mann