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.
For ordinary indolent or moderately sloughing ulceration, a lotion containing nitric acid diluted, about 1 dr. in 1/2 pint of water, is a good dressing.
 
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