A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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Credit: A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be cut and moulded into shape by placing in hot water. When properly moulded the splint should be plunged into cold water, where it immedi- ately hardens and remains permanently in shape. Hard rubber is largely used in the manufacture of trusses, possessing advantage over the covered steel band (viz., that of cleanliness), while it can be worn in the bath. When applied to the skin it forms a thin elastic film. It may be used in Small Cuts, Chapped Hands and Nipples. Diseases of the Skin.-Liquor gutta-perchse has long been employed in this country as a protectant to the surface of the skin in slight abrasions or excoriations, and in Fissures of the lips, nipples, tips of the fingers, etc. In case of Fissured Eczema a light cauterization with nitrate of silver followed by the application of liquor gutta^perchae often brings about a cure in a remarkably short space of time. As a vehicle for the convenient local use of various medicaments liquor gutta-perchae answers admirably, as in following formula : R. 01. cadini, 3j • liquor gutta-perchse, ad fgj. M. A camel's-hair brush is inserted in the cork for convenience of application. This pigment is an admirable dress- ing for some forms of Eczema. In Infantile Eczema Rubrum it is very useful, particularly upon the cheeks, where it forms an antipruritic and impermeable dressing, which cannot be rubbed off, as ointments usually are, by the movements of the infant. Chrysarobin offers a very convenient mode of treating Psoriasis, though not so efficient as an ointment. Tinea Tonsurans, if not too deep-seated, and especially Tinea Cir- ciNATA may be rapidly cured by this application. A good formula is : R. Chrysarobini, gr. 1; liq. gutta-perchse, fgj. M. It makes a mixture or sus- pension. A coating of pure liquor gutta-perchge may be painted over this application to protect the clothing. As a vehicle liquor gutta-perchse does not present any marked superiority to collodion, v. After using both we conclude that for all practical purposes they are equally useful. Rubber Plaster.* General Surgery.—Rubber plaster is one of the most convenient forms of adhesive plaster for the field as well as the office. It is rolled on spools of various widths, and can be applied without heating. It keeps well in all climates. The adhesive part of this variety of plaster consists of gutta-percha 2 parts; Burgundy pitch, i part; gum gal- banum, i part. Rubber being the base, it will become neither too hard * It is convenient to include at this place the section on India-rubber (Caoutchouc), though far removed in the Materia Medica.