Astringent Lotions, For Drying Up Sores And Diminishing Their Discharge (Especially In Grease And Scratched Heels), After The Inflammation Has Been Subdued By Linseed Or Carrot Poultices
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This section is from the book "The Druggist's General Receipt Book", by Henry Beasley. Also available from Amazon: The druggist's general receipt book.
Astringent Lotions, For Drying Up Sores And Diminishing Their Discharge (Especially In Grease And Scratched Heels), After The Inflammation Has Been Subdued By Linseed Or Carrot Poultices
1. Alum 4 oz., boiling water 1 pint, for grease and cracked heel. - Taplin.
2. Alum 2 drs., sulphate of zinc 1 scruple, water 1 pint. - Youatt.
3. Mild, for cracks. Sugar of lead 2 drs., sulphate of zinc 1 dr., infusion of oak bark 1 pint. - Blaine.
4. For confirmed grease. Nitric acid 1 oz., water 8 oz. - Blaine.
5. Strong. Blue vitriol 1/4 oz., alum 3 drs., water 1 pint. - Spooner.
6. Sugar of lead 1 oz., blue vitriol 1 oz., water 1 quart. - White.
7. Lime water 16 oz., spirit of camphor 1/2 oz., sugar of lead 1 dr. - Bourgelat.
8. Sulphate of iron 2 oz., alum 2 oz., vinegar 8 oz., water 3 1/2 pints. - Moiroud.
9. Tincture of myrrh 1 oz., camphorated spirit 1 oz., distilled vinegar and water, each 2 oz. - Taplin.
10. For anburies. Alum 2 oz., water 1 pint, sulphuric acid 1 dr.
11. Sulphate of iron 1 oz., water 1 quart; dissolve and add 1/4 oz. (by weight) of oil of vitriol. To wash farcy buds after they have been opened. - Clater.
12. One fluid drachm of carbolic acid in from 6 to 12 oz. of water.
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