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.
B. The effects are caustic, producing a white, soft, thick slough, 1,1166. It burns deeply rather than widely, 9, 471.
D. Poisoned wounds, malignant pustule, 9, 471. Acne, 74, 267. Malignant growths. Venereal warts, 209.
The butter of antimony has long been used, either alone or in connection with other caustic agents, as an escharotic in malignant growths; it was a component of the once famous Landolfi's paste.
 
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