Diseases of the skin : their description, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment / by H. Radcliffe Crocker.

  • Henry Radcliffe Crocker
Date:
1888
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diseases of the skin : their description, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment / by H. Radcliffe Crocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    73° Mercury. 13. Ung. hydrarg. ox. ilav. B.P. For pediculi capitis. 14. Ung. hyd. amnion. B.P. For pediculi capitis. 15. Oleate of mercury, 5 per cent., jj, aether 3J, alcohol 3J. For pediculi capitis ; destroys the nits also (Marshall). 16. Perchloride of mercury gr. 4, acetic acid 3SS, water 3viij. For the nits of pediculi capitis ; sponge small portions of the hair with the lotion. Vegetable Parasiticides. For early stage of ringworm or favus of scalp, blistering applications will often arrest the disease. They should not be used for children under six. 17. Coster's Iodine Paint (see Caustics, F. 7).—Paint on firmly, and let a crust be formed ; remove this, and renew paint. 18. Hydrarg. perchlor. gr. 2 to 4, acetic acid or glacial acetic acid 3 Makes a blister (Alder Smith). Use cautiously over a small area at a time. 19. Acetum cantharides B.P. 20. Glycerine of carbolic acid B.P. or even 1 in 3. Strong Applications for Later Stage of Eingworm. These also should not be used in strumous children or those under six years of age, and at all times with caution and over a limited area at first. 21. Nitrate of mercury ointment, sulphur ointment, and carbolic acid in equal proportions, either diluted or not, as required. A good, but dirty preparation. It should be made without heat, and the carbolic acid should be thoroughly incorporated with the sulphur ointment before the citrine ointment is added, and this last should be free from excess of nitric acid (Alder Smith). 22. Croton Oil.—Either as a liniment, croton oil 1 part, olive oil 7 parts, cautiously increased. Use cautiously over about \ in. square at a time. The pure oil may be used to individual hairs. Boracic Acid. 23. Boracic Acid.—Boracic acid $iv or q.s., sulphuric aether 5V, rectified spirit 3xx. To make a clear saturated solution. To be dabbed on with a sponge, so as to soak into the scalp (Cavafy). Said to make stumps fall out. Chrysarobin. 24. Chrysarobin gr. 10 to 20, benzole 5]. 25. Chrysarobin gr. 7, chloroform 3J (Alder Smith). For same purpose as boracic acid solution. 26. Chrysarobin 5ss to ^ij, lanolin c oleo 3]. For ringworm of scalp, fork and axillae and tropical forms ; also valuable in alopecia areata. Patients should be warned of the possibility of its producing erythema. 27. Goa powder, which contains 80 per cent, chrysarobin, may be substituted. Mercury. 28. Perchloride of mercury gr. 1 to 3 in alcohol 5]. 29. Perchloride of mercury gr. 2 to 5, sp. vini q.s., in lard 3J.