TJ reworked his calculation of interest on the verso from $9.90 to $11.64 and the total owed from $161.77 to $163.51. He probably arrived at the revised figures about 2 June 1817, when he gave Carr an order on Gibson & Jefferson “for 164.D. amount of his medical account” (MB description begins James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1334).

Unguent of mercury (ungt merc:) was used to treat symptoms of venereal disease. Pulverized opium (pulv: op:), on its own or mixed with lard, provided a soothing dressing. ipec:: “ipecac.” ℥ is the apothecary symbol for a troy ounce, which is approximately 31.1 grams. Mercuric chloride (corrosive sublimate) was used to treat venereal disease. Lead cerate (l. cerate), flores sulphuris (flour sulph:; sublimed sulphur), and cream of tartar (tart.), when mixed with molasses, could all be taken orally to remedy skin diseases and eruptions. Pulverized colocynth (pulv: col:), made from the dried fruit of Citrullus colocynthis, was used as a cathartic (John Hunter, A Treatise on the Venereal Disease, 3d ed. [London, 1810], 41, 261, 310–2; Edward S. Lang, Medicine Chests: with Suitable Directions [Salem, Mass., ca. 1800]; William T. Brannt and William H. Wahl, eds., The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book [1887], 167; Oscar Oldberg, A Manual of Weights, Measures, and Specific Gravity [1885], 96–100; John S. Billings, The National Medical Dictionary, 2 vols. [1890]; OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ).