Pharmacopoeia of St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Leicester Square, London, W.C.
- St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pharmacopoeia of St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Leicester Square, London, W.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![7. Unguentum Cupri Oleati. H Cupri oleati .. .. .. .. gr. xxiv. Aclipis bullientis ad .. .. .. 3 J- The ])roper way of preparing this is to drop the cupnc olcato into lieated lard and stir till it is molted \ the above strength, however, represents only the initial stage, one of 10 or even 15 per cent, being frequently ordered. This ointment is an excellent remedy in tinea sycosis and tonsurans. The affected surface is ffrst gently washed with Pears soaj) and hot water, and gently dried; a piece ot ointment is then rubbed gently but perseveringly in for three or four minutes, after which the part is covered with a single thickness of fine irish linen, fastened by means of a white elastic cord passed under the cl)in. The ointment is rubbed in daily, but the head is only washed twice a week. If any initation or tenderness be set up, if the affected surface become upraised and papular, and especially when this state is accom- panied by weeping from the surface, the ointment should be given up for a few days, during which time a turnip poultice may be applied daily, followed up by dressing with some uniiTitating ointment, like tlxe unguentum simplex of the Phamxacopoeia ox that of oleate of ziixc. The turnip poultice is made by simply boiling and mashing a turnip as if for the table, and applying it hot in a piece of fine old Imen or muslin. 8. Unguentum Ferri Oleati. Prepared in the same way and of the same](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22309019_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
