Dr. Ruston. Certainly.
Couns. for the Pris. Do you confine your patients to any particular diet?
Dr. Ruston. I order them to abstain from animal food, spirituous liquors, and spices.
Couns. for the Pris. And what medicines do you prescribe?
Dr. Ruston. They consist principally of mercurials and antimonials.
Couns. for the Pris. Do you believe there is any specific virtue in these medicines? Do you give them as antidotes?
Dr. Ruston. By no means. I give them merely as evacuants, and accordingly proportion them to the constitution and age of the patient.
Couns. for the Pris. Can you say any thing, from experience, of the success of your method, compared with that of the Prisoner at the bar?
Dr. Ruston. I can say, from experience, that my method, in point of success, is fully equal to his.
Couns. for the Pris. What is your opinion of his cold regimen?