Schleich's Skin-Remedies

The influence of German practice upon dermatological pharmacy is further illustrated by the prescriptions of Dr. C. L. Schleich, Berlin, some of which, appropriate to this chapter, are quoted from The Chemist and Druggist, 1900, 11. 98 and 138, as being some-times called for at the dispensing-counter:

Cerate Paste

Melt 1 kilogramme of yellow wax in a large basin on a water-bath; remove, add 100 grammes of strong solution of ammonia gradually, stirring constantly; return to the water-bath, and stir until a soft, anhydrous bright-yellow mass is obtained. If acid, neutralise by adding more ammonia.

Ceral Vaseline

Equal parts of cerate paste and vaseline, mixed, melted, and cooled quickly. The medication to be incorporated secundum artem.

Gluten Paste

Pure gelatin . .10 grammes Distilled water. . 100 grammes Soak and melt on water-bath. Add the yolk of one egg, mix well, heat for two hours on water-bath, and filter. Dilute to a thin liquid with sterilised water, and make alkaline with sodium carbonate. Use this preparation with 1 kilogramme of ammoniated wax (cerate paste), mixing well and cooling. Again melt by heat and add ammonia to neutralise.