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.
Mr. Henry Power has recorded good results from the local application of powdered sulphate of soda to the cornea, though it is liable to cause severe irritation for a time (Practitioner, September, 1868).
 
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