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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    [ »7 ] •• CERATUM LITHARGYRI, R Emplaftrum lithargyri. Adipis fuillaa Eng. lib. fs. Ceraa flavaa unc. j. Aquae lithargyri acetati unc. iv. In preparing this cerate, the three hr It m- gredients muft be melted together, and when almoft cold, the water of acetated litharge is to be gradually incorporated, {birring the whole till perfe&ly cold. It is a ufeful remedy for fuperficial fores or as an external drelfing to ulcers whofe edges are inflamed. CERATUM LITHARGYRI ACETATI COMPOSITUM. (L) R Aquae lithargyri acetati unc. ifs. Cerae flavae unc. iv. Olei olivae unc. ix. Camphong drach. fs. In preparing this, the camphor is to be rub- bed down with a little oil, and added gradually to the other ingredients when they are nearly grown cold. CERATUM MELLIS. R Olei olivac. Mellis dcfpumati fing. lib. fs, C 2