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.
In ringworm and in scabies, an ointment containing 1 dr. of acid to the oz. of lard has sometimes proved useful, though irritating; for the latter malady it is said to be largely used in the Prussian army (Neligan).
 
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