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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    [ *9 ] c» / This is the foap cerate of St. Bartholomew’s Hof'pital, and adopted lately by the College. In preparing it, the utmoft caution mull be ufed. The three firft ingredients are to be mixed together and boiled gently till all the moifture is evaporated, after which the wax- and oil, previoufly melted together, mult be ad- ded. The whole compofition, from fir It to lall, mull be inceffantly and effectually ftirred, without which the whole will be fpoiled. This formula was introduced into practice by Mr. Pott, and is found to be a very convenient application in fraftures, and alfo as an exter- nal dreffing for ulcers, being of a very conve- nient degree of adhefivenefs, and alfo poffcff- ing the ufual properties of a faturnine remedy. CERATUM SPERMATIS CETI. (Lj R Spermatis ceti unc. fs. Cerce albaa unc. ij. Olci olivae unc. iv. The ufes of this fimple formula cannot be mifunderftood. The ingredients, when melted, fhould be conftantly ftirred till they become cold. CEREI MEDICATE Thefc bougies arc calculated to aft medici- nally on ftriftures in the urethra, but there ex- ifts a lerious objeftion to all that are coxnpofed