Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, Formulae for the use of surgeons : including, among a variety of remedies adopted in the private practice of the most eminent of the profession, all the principal formulae of the different hospitals.

  • Houlston, William, 1755-1815
Date:
1794
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, Formulae for the use of surgeons : including, among a variety of remedies adopted in the private practice of the most eminent of the profession, all the principal formulae of the different hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I [ *4 ] CAUSTICUM ANTI-CANCROSUM. R Ranunculi acris foliorum. Flammulae vulgaris folicwrum fing. line, j, Arfenici albi Irevigatl drach. j. Florum fulphuris fcrup. v. The crow’s foot and dog’s fennel being frefli gathered and bruifed.the other ingredients are to be added, and the whole beaten into a pafte. This is to be formed into balls and dried in the ' fun. When ufed, they are direfted to be pow- dered, mixed with the yolk of an egg, and ap- plied, on a piece of pig’s bladder, to the •furfacc of the cancer. In this Hate the cauf- tic is to remain till the efchar feparates fpon- laneoufly. In ufing this, which is the cele- brated cancer remedy of Mr. Plunkett, great circumfpeftion is at all times ncceilary, parti- cularly in applying it to cancers of the nofe or lips, on account of the danger of fwallowing a portion of the arfcnic., / CAUSTICUM OPIATUM, R Calcis cum kali puro drach. ij, Opii pulverizati drach. fs. Saponis mollis vulgaris q. f. The Caullic powder and the opium being mix- ed together, are to be formed into a pnllc with the foap. This is the caullic employed by the