This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
The soft part of bread made with wheat-flour.
Preparation. Cataplasma Carbonis (p. 541).
Use. - It is used as a cataplasm, both alone and in cataplasma carbonis. It is also used as a basis for pills, and especially for making up croton oil into pill. Occasionally pills made of it alone are given as a placebo.
 
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