Pharmacopoeia for use in military hospitals, 1940 / [War Office].

Date:
1940
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Pharmacopoeia for use in military hospitals, 1940 / [War Office]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dissolve on a water bath by gentle heat. When completely dissolved add a further 250 grammes (82 0z.) of sulphur, dissolve and continue to add up to 875 grammes (1 Ib. 142 o2z.). Add remainder of distilled water. Cool and decant into another vessel, prefer- ably allowing it to stand several days before decanting. The making of the sulphur lye should not be hurried, and it must not be brought to the boil. It takes 12 to 16 hours to dissolve the full amount of sulphur. (2) Mix the soft paraffin and lanoline thoroughly and add 375 grammes (13 oz.) of the sulphur lye. Mix thoroughly. (3) Mix the zinc sulphate and solution of sodium hydroxide to give freshly prepared zinc hydroxide and add to (2). (4) Add the benzaldehyde and _ sufficient liquid paraffin to produce 1,000 grammes (2 Ib. 3} 02.). Ung. Metallorum, CompounD LEAD AND MERCURY OINTMENT— Calomel es grs. 5 Strong Solution of Lead Acetate . NM. 10 Ichthyol i F gis. 10 Strong Ointment of Mercuric Nitrate... ne ap east RUS) HEU Soft Paraffin to okE abe coe OL, eee