Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics / by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson.

Date:
1895
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Credit: Note-book of materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics / by R.E. Scoresby-Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    1 CATAPLASMATA. Aqua. Anethi. Anisi. Aurantii Floris. Gamphoras {Mistura). Garui. Ginnamomi. Destillata. Fceniculi. Lauro-cerasi. Menthas Piperitse. Menthas Viridis. Pimentae. Rosee. Sambuci. Water. C 2 C 2 Dill, lb. 1. . Anise, lb. I . Bitter orange flower. Camphor, oz. Caraway, lb. 1. Cinnamon, oz. 20 Water, free from taste and odour.. Sweet fennel fruit, lb. 1. Fresh leaves of common laurel, lb. 1. Oil of peppermint. dr. IJ. . Oil of spearmint, Ji. dr. li. ” . Pimento, oa. 14 Fresh petals of Eosa centifolia, lb. 10. C 2 Fresh Elder flowers, free from stalks, lb. 10 C 2 Distil. C 1 C 1 (distilled) C 1 . C2 . C 2 C 10 C 2 0 2i C l| C U C 2 C 1 C 1 C 8 C 1. 0 1 C 1 C 1 C 1 C 1 C 1 Cataplasmata.—There are six formulae for Poultices in the British Pharmacopoeia. Poultices consist of—the liquor or fluid part; the corpus, or substance of the poultice; and the accessorium, or active medicinal ingredient. Of the official cataplasms, the liquor is boiling w^ater (with one exception, G. Fermenti); the corpus is linseed meal, bread, or flour; and the accessorium is charcoal, hemlock leaf, beer yeast, mustard, or chlorinated soda. Water at a higher temperature than 100° would interfere with the catalytic process in 0. Fermenti. Magistral cataplasms may include many other ingredients, whether Equid or solid. When an active medicinal substance is added, it must be incorporated with the liquor and corpus of the poultice at such a temperature that, if fugitive, it be not driven off; and in such a manner as to approach near to the part to which the poultice is apj)lied, for a remedial agent buried in the depths of a thick tenacious poultice would be of little service. The liquor may consist of a decoction of a medicinal plant. Cataplasms, though easily made, demand both knowledge and care; for, as Dr Paris said, “ Science does not withhold her aid even on the humble occasion of making a poultice.” The temperature and tenacity of the poultice are important points: it should have a medium consistency, neither too dry nor too soft, and should be able to supply a sufficiency of moisture, without scattering its liquor to the discomfort of the patient. Poultices are employed chiefly to supply warmth and moisture; they are sometimes applied cold, more frequently tepid, and sometimes as hot as the patient can bear them, and are used according to circumstances, as emollients, stimulants, or counter-irritants (sinapisms), sedatives, antiseptics, refrigerants, &c.
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