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.
A. Disphoresis, 6, 542; 7, 87; 16, 2: 45.
B. A piece of lint dipped in caustic ammonia produces in one minute a blister; by longer contact, deeper cauterization may be obtained, 16, 2: 46. Sensation of heat, followed by redness, vesication and a superficial slough, 3, 1: 325.
C. Pustula maligna. Caspar (Deutsche Klinik), 135, 3: 514. Syphilis, 16, 2: 48.
Hyperidrosis, 210.
D. Alopecia, 80, 163; 203. Alopecia areata, 204.
The officinal preparations are: Aqua Ammoniae; Aqua Ammonias Fortior; Linamentum Ammonias; Spiritus Ammonias; Spiritus Ammonias Aromaticus.
 
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