DR. W. JUDKINS’ PATENT SPE CIFIC OINTMENT. Made and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, at Billerica, Middlesex county, Mi by Samuel Parker, exclusive Proprietor for the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, R ie Island, Connecticut, and New York, and Six Counties in New Jersey. TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN I first made and prepared this Ointment, and had in several instances experienced its good effects, I concluded that it would be a val- uable public benefit, if its effects generally were equal to those I had had the satisfaction of experiencing; and in order more fully to prove its vir- tues, I sent to several Physicians, with instructions in what cases to ap- ply it, and requested them, after they had become satisfied with respect to its virtues, to send me the result of its effects. I accordingly receiv- ed returns from those Physicians, who all unitedly agreed that the Oint- ment had succeeded admirably, in those obstinate cases which are often- times considered incurable (except by some surgical operation ;) they were also of the opinion that the Ointment would be a valuable public benefit, and advised me to publish it generally in the newspapers, and direct the applicants where it might be obtained. As this advice came from some of the most respectable Physicians in this country, 1 conclu- ded that it was the most proper method that could probably be adopted. But upon further consultation, and more mature consideration, 1 conclud- ed, that as the Ointment would occasionally fall into many hands, some of whom would probably undertake to make it, and knowing, that the diffi- culty of the process would render a trial of this kind with the inexperien- ced, abortive ; nevertheless, it might be propagated in this adulterated situation, as it might in some degree resemble the original and genuine Ointment; and in this way its good effects would be obliterated, the public confidence would be thereby destroyed, and the Ointment fall in- to disrepute, and become a nuisance both to myself and to those whom it was intended to relieve. Here follows an Extract of a Letter from Dr. Isaac Parker, dated near Mount Pleasant, 12 mo. 1815. Dr. W, Judkins— I tnJ >v Specific Ointment in several cases in which I found it very , useful, and in particular in a case of a woman’s breast which was affected with a hardened schirrus tumor, and had been so for several years, and which I was of the opinion that nothing but a surgical operation would remove—l applied the Ointment to the breast, and in about ten days the tumor in a perceptible degree had diminished and had become much softened, and by a continuation of the Ointment it altogether subsided, and remains well. As it succeeded in this case beyond any thing of the kind I have ever seen, I am induced to furnish this statement for the benefit of those in a similar situation. ISAAC PARKER. Also one from W. Sparks, dated 25th November, 1815. To Dr. W. Judkins— Sir from the benefit which a son of mine has received from your Specific Ointment, 1 am induced to send you a statement of his case, which you may dispose of for the benefit of others in a similar situation. He had a white swelling in his knee, which from its long continuance and painfulness had reduced him very low and rendered him entirely lame. The physician who attended him finally quit him with very littlebenefit done. My son at this time was in a hopeless situation. I then sent and got one box of your Ointment, and the benefit which he received from it induced me to persevere in the application, I sent and procured a few boxes more which has finally cured hinv _From yours, &c. W. SPARKS. Under these considerations, I finally concluded to secure the original and proper right of making, vending, &c. and thereby retain the good qualities and virtues of the Ointment. In that procured and genuine form I now offer it to the public as a safe and certain remedy'io'r Taose obstinate diseases, some of which so long baffled the skill of medical science : Ist. White Swellings of every description. 2d. Sore Legs and Ulcers of long standing. 3d. Schirrus or Glandular Tumors, particularly those hardened tumors in women’s breasts which oftentimes terminate in ulcerated cancers. 4th. Felons, or what some people know by the name of Catarrhs, of every description. sth. Rheumatic Pains of the joints. 6th. Sprains and Bruises of every description or in whatever part sit- uate. 7th. Tetters of all kinds. In this complaint the patient, in applying the Ointment, must keep the part out of water. Bth. Chilblains, or parts affected by frost. It is also one of the best remedies for Burns and Scalds. It eases the_ pain and draws the fire out in a short time. Also one from Dr. J. Wishart, dated Washington, Pa. April 7, 1816. Dear Sir—After mentioning a cure of, Chronic Rheumatism, &c. the doctor says : “ In tetters, ring-worms, &c. it has done wonders, it has restored youth and beauty to every diseased part to which it has been applied. My wife had a very obstinate herpetic eruption on her hands which had been cured twenty times, and had returned as soon as cured, but it has remained well ever since the application of your Ointment.— It has also been applied to a number of other cases with equally benefi- cial effects. Yours, &c. JOHN WISHART. Dr. W. Judkins. I have a large mass of testimony in my possession, showing the cures that have been performed by this Ointment, but as a trial will be more likely to satisfy every person, I shall here omkthem. For Inflamed Women’s Breasts, and Glandular Swellings, it is superior to any medicine yet known to the medical faculty. It is much safer than mercurial applications, (as it does not contain the smallest atom of anjw preparation of that mineral,) because it does not lay the patient liable to injury from exposure to cold. 1 This Ointment has cured'sores of many years’ standing. Where it if impossible or imprudent to heal the external sore, in consequence of the bones becoming carious or rotten, it will stop the progress of the increase the quantity of the discharge, remove the offensive smell, and ease the pain. It cures the worst Felons or Whitlows on an application of 48 hours. Rheumatisms which have stood so long as to become a systematic dis- order, require medicine to be taken inwardly to remove them entirely. But in most common cases, by applying this Ointment externally, as di'f reeled, it will give relief. And even in old people, whose pains have been of longer standing, it will often ease the pain. MODE OF APPLICATION. The Ointment is to be spread on common writing paper full as large as the tumor or sore to which it is continued on for twenty four hours, then remove and apply a new/plaster in the same manner. If the tumor or sore is an ulcerating one, and discharges much matter, then and in that case it is necessary to remove the plaster twice a day and clean the ulcer, then the same plaster will do for two dressings. It is also necessary to observe, that in some of those chronic diseases to which the Ointment has been of singular service, it has, on the appli- cation of the first plaster produced an increase of pain in the part for several minutes, and in some instances for near an hour. But such an increase of pain in the part, produced by the application of the first plaster, is a certain omen of an entire cure. WILLIAM JUDKINS. Dr.W. Judkins’ Patent Specific OINTMENT. Dr. W. Judkins’ Patent Specific Ointment, made and sold, wholesale and retail, at Billerica, Mid- dlesex county, Mass, by Samuel Parker, eac/a- sn>e Proprietor for the States of Maine. N.Hamp. Ft. Conn. N.Y, and part of N.Jer.