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Eng., Zinc Oxide. Form.-A white or yellowish-white powder. Odor and Taste.-Odorless and tasteless. Solubility.-Insoluble in water or alcohol.
Eng., Ointment of Zinc Oxide. Contains 20 per cent. of the Zinc Oxide in Benzoinated Lard.
Antiseptic, astringent.
Extensively used in dusting powders or ointments in the treatment of various skin lesions, as ulcers, eczema, prickly-heat, herpes, etc.
A point of value in using Zinc Oxide is its sticking quality when applied to the surface. The following will illustrate the use of the drug:
As a dusting powder in the treatment of hyperidrosis:
or | |||
Acidi Salicyl. Pulv.......................................... | gr. xx | 1 | 3 |
Acidi Borici Pulv................................................ | 3j | 4 | 0 |
Zinci Oxidi Pulv................................................ | 3iij | 12 | 0 |
M.
Apply as directed.
For prickly heat:
or | |||
Acidi Salicylici................. | gr. x | 6 | |
Acidi 3orici............................................................. | 3j | 4 | 0 |
Zinci Oxidi........................................................... | 3iij | 12 | 0 |
Amyli................................................................... | 30 | 0 |
M.
Apply as directed.
In the treatment of prickly heat:
or | |||
Acidi Borici. | |||
Talci Pur., | |||
Zinci Oxidi, | |||
Amyli.................................................................. | āā. 3ij | 8 |
M.
Apply freely.
1 Stelwagon: Diseases of the Skin.
2 Ibid.
In the treatment of herpes progenitalis:
or | |||
Zinci Oxidi, | |||
Calaminae Praep......... | aa gr.x | 65 | |
Glycerini | |||
Alcoholis............ | aa xij | 75 | |
Aquae............... | q. s. | 60 | 00 |
M.
Apply freely. (Shake-label.)
Used in the treatment of the cutaneous lesions of hereditary syphilis:
- | or | ||
Hydrargyri Ammoniati......................................... | xv | 1 | |
Ung. Zinci Oxidi............................................ | 30 |
M.
Apply as directed.
In the treatment of dermatitis:
or | |||
Phenolis..................................................... | gr. xij | 8 | |
Bismuthi Subnit................................... | 3iss | 6 | 0 |
Adipis Lanae Hyd................................. | . 3ij | 8 | 0 |
Ung. Zinci Oxidi..................................... | q. s. | 30 | 0 |
M.
Apply locally.
See Phenol, p. 259.
 
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