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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    [46] The burgundy pitch being melted, the eu- I phorbium, in fine powder, is to be added, and: I as much of the turpentine as is required to I make the whole of a due confidence. Its pro- U perties being thofe of a powerful ftimulant, this I plafter is calculated to relieve difeafes of the I hip-joint in their early ftage, and with that || view, it has a place in the formulae of Guy’s I Hofpital. EMPLASTRUM EX EUPHORBIO. |R Emplaftri lithargyri lib. iifs. Euphorbii unc. iij. Picis burgundies unc. fs. The euphorbium, finely powdered, is to be | beaten with a little oil in a mortar, and after- I wards added to the other ingredients previouf- | ly melted. Chefelden lays great ftrefs on the 1 good qualities of this plafter, which, he fays, greatly exceeds the celebrated plafter of Para- celfus (emplaflrum lithargyri Paracclji) for pro- I moting the fuppuration of fluggifh abfeeftes. EMPLASTRUM LADANI COMPOSI- TUM. (L) R Ladani unc. iij. Thuris unc. j. Corticis cinnamomi pulveris. Myriftics olei expre-fti fing. unc. fs. Olei menthoc fativs drach. j.