The elements of therapeutics : a clinical guide to the action of medicines / by C. Binz ; tr. from the 5th German ed., and ed., with additions, in conformity with the British and American pharmacopoeias, by Edward I. Sparks.

  • Karl Binz
Date:
1877
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Credit: The elements of therapeutics : a clinical guide to the action of medicines / by C. Binz ; tr. from the 5th German ed., and ed., with additions, in conformity with the British and American pharmacopoeias, by Edward I. Sparks. 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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    tard, setliereal extract of mezereon, camphor, castor oil, rectified spirit; 1 in 40.) (3.) Oleum Sinajpis, B.P. (SjCNjCgH^). Contained in Linimentum Sinapis Co. It must only be applied to tlie skin largely diluted, e.g., TT(^x. to §j. rectified spirit. (4.) Charta Sinapis, B.P. (Black mustard seeds, in powder, §j., solution of gutta percha in chloroform, §ij.) The mustard is mixed with the gutta percha solution, and strips of cartridge paper are thinly coated with it on one side and allowed to dry. Charta Sinajns, U.S., is made with black mustard powder, 90 grs., made into a paste with the solution of gutta percha, and spread on one side of a piece of papei four inches square. Either paper must be dipped in warm water for a few seconds before application to the skin.] Mezerei Cortex, Mezereon. The dried bark of Daphne Mezereum (Thymelacesg), a plant which is distributed ovei nearly the whole of Europe. It contains a very irritant resin, which excites blistering and serous exudation when applied to the unbroken skin. [In the form of the following preparation it is contained in Linimentum Sinapis Compositum, B.P. Extractum Mezerei u^tliereum, B.P. (Mezereon bark, rectified spirit, gether; prepared by maceration and evapora- tion to a soft extract.) The Exti^actum Mezerei Fluidum, U.S. (Mezereon, alcohol; 1 in 1), is used for preparing Unguentum Mezerei, U.S. (Fluid extract of mezereon, f§iv., lard, §xiv., yellow wax, |ij.) The bark itself is an ingredient in Decoctum Sarsae Com- positum, B.P., U.S., and it was formerly much used as a decoction or syrup in constitutional syphilis, and inveterate skin diseases (Biett, Cazenave).]