This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
Caustic potash and concentrated solutions of the carbonate have been recommended in these conditions, but sulphuric acid is to be preferred (Medical Times, ii., 1860; Lancet, i., 1870). In ununited fracture, potash has been used to vivify the ends of the bones.
 
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