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and the sore healed in but a short time, provided the habits of life are strictly in conformity to the ordinary laws of hygiene and health. If the sore is under the foreskin of the organ this can easily be done. Merely draw the foreskin back, place the piece of wet cotton on the sore, and then draw the foreskin down over the cotton, Place fresh pieces of wet cotton on the sore night and morning. If the sore appears where this cannot be done, other means will have to be devised to hold the wet cotton on the sore.
The above mentioned drug will be found far safer and surer to use in combination with the hygienic treatment than those prescribed by Dr. Cowan, though the reader can take his choice.
