Handbook of materia medica, pharmacy and therapeutics : including the physiological action of drugs, the special therapeutics of disease, official and extemporaneous pharmacy, and minute directions for prescription writing / by Sam'l O.L. Potter.

  • Samuel Otway Lewis Potter
Date:
1887
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Credit: Handbook of materia medica, pharmacy and therapeutics : including the physiological action of drugs, the special therapeutics of disease, official and extemporaneous pharmacy, and minute directions for prescription writing / by Sam'l O.L. Potter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    once applied (R.); with oil of tar (i to 4 of latter) locally, is excellent (Wa.). Kamala, used locally by the Hindoos (P.). Tar Ointment, is used with good effect (P.). Acetic Acid, applied to cut it short (R.). Cod-liver Oil, a powerful auxiliary in weakly and cachectic subjects (Wa.). Diet a7td Hygiene are important. Food should be nutritive and abundant, especially animal fats. Daily baths, out-of-door exercise. Fungus, is the Tricophyton tonsurans (A.). Tinea Decalvans—(Alopecia Areata). Parasiticide Lotions, must be used after epilation, and washing of head daily with soft or black soap. Stimulants (as Collodium with Ether Cantha- ridalis, equal parts), after fungus is destroyed (A.). Tonics are necessary, especially to the nervous system (Bulkley). Fungus—Microsporon Audouini (A.); but I have never seen it, though having made repeated and thorough searches (Bulkley). Tinea Favosa—(Favus). Mercury. Hydrarg. chlor. corr. gr. xx; cerat. simplicis 5j; efficient when used early (B.); or gr. ij ad ^j aquje after each epilation (R.). Sulphurous Acid, Sulphites, and Hyposulphites, as parasiticides. R. Sodii hyposulphitis ^iij ; ac. sulphurosi dil. ^^ss ; aquae q. s. ad ^xvj (Startin). Carbolic Acid, Cod- liver oil, locally (B.). Oils, to facilitate removal of scabs ; head to be greased freely to prevent spreading. A mild mercurial pomade, or quinine in glycerin best (R.)- Cleanliness, and free use of soap and water, is a sine qua fton, and in some cases of tinea may be alone sufficient to produce curative results. Isolation of person, and brushes, towels, etc., necessary to prevent infection. Fungus—Achorion Schonleinii (A.); a very rare affection in this country (Bulkley). Tinea Tonsurans—(Ringworm of the Scalp). Mercury. Hydrarg. chlor. corr. gr. xx ad ^j unguent, simplicis, an effective application when used early (B.); must be employed with great caution. Sulphurous Acid, with glycerin (R.). Carbolic Acid, ^j ad ^j glycerini (B.). Viola Tricolor, the leaves are employed in Italy for tinea capitis (P.). Coc- culus Indicus (P.). [See T. CiRClNATA.] Potassium Sulpho-cyanide, ^ss with fy) glycerini, ^viij aquas, as lotion (R.). Iodine, ^ij ad ^j of oil of wood tar (R.). Arsenic Iodide, the best constitutional remedy ; gr. -^-^ increased to gr. ^ for an adult: gr. Jj to jj for children, with alkaline lotions locally (Wa.). Lead, in chronic porrigo capitis ; the ointment of the iodide (B.); will complete a cure after alkaline lotions (Wa.). i^?<;«^«.f—Trichophyton tonsurans (A.). [Compare Tinea Circinata.] Tongue. Potassium Chlorate, gr. v internally and ^j-ij ad Oj aquae locally; in ulcers of tongue (Wa.); also in rawness of tongue in advanced phthisis. Potassium Iodide, in syphilitic ulcers of tongue (D.); and in hypertrophy (A.). Potas- sium Bromide, f^] to ^vj water as wash, may soothe morbid sensibility of the tongue (A.). Borax, gr. xl; glycerini ^j ; aquae ^iv. As application in cracked tongue (Wa.). Iodine, the tincture locally by a fine brush, or as a gargle with 7 or 10 parts of water and some honey, has given uniform suc- cess in malignant ulcers (Wa.). Conium, thought to act specifically with 61
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