This section is from the book "A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin", by Henry G. Piffard. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin.
D. Exerts a special influence upon ulcerated cancer, acting as a caustic, tant and haemostatic, 16, 1: 779.
* The extracts of the three latter drugs are commonly known in trade under the inappropriate names of "irisin," "leptandrin," and "hjdrastin."
Affections of the skin accompanied with profuse and rank perspiration, 17, 992. Diminishes the secretion in herpes and eczema, but does not cure, 30, 171.
The so-called "burnt-alum," Alumen exsiccatum, is a more active astringent than the ordinary hydrated salt, and is much used by some for repressing exuberant granulations, and more especially such as so frequently follow extensive burns.
Pruritus vulvae, Gill, 157, '79.
 
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