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.
A mixture of equal parts of lime and caustic soda has been recommended under the name of "London paste" for occasional application to chronic conditions of enlarged tonsil (Mackenzie), but has not come into general use.
 
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