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. It appears to influence the nutrition of the skin in a peculiar man ner, 36, 2: 406.
C. "Herpes exedens," Mayer, 134, '25, 60; St. 2, 65.* Eczema, Weinhold.+
D. Eczema (ib.); Piffard, 143, Oct. 26, '78.
* The results can hardly be attributed to the Graphite, as it was given mixed with antimony, sulphur, and calomel, and sometimes with dulcamara.
+ Der Graphit als neuendecktes Heilmittel gegen die Flechten. Leipzig (1808).
 
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