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. Diaphoretic, 32, 2: 111.
B. Redness and slight burning (ib.),
Eczematoid and urticarial eruptions, Behier, 178, '75, 500.
In All Paraffin-Workers, Patency And Enlargement Of The Hair-Follicles Continue To Some Extent So Long As They Are Engaged In This Manufacture, And The Black Dots In The Skin Of Their Hands And Face Strike The Eye Of The Observer At Once; Men With Dark Complexions And Strong Hair Being Especially Deformed In This Way, While Fair Complexions And Light Or Reddish Hair Escape Comparatively Unaffected.
C. Eczema and psoriasis, Piffard, 88, 45.
C. [?] "Mirifice valet in ulceribus tibialibus et vulneribus" Kalm,31, 9.
D. Eczema, Piffard, 143, Oct. 26, '78, 321.
In eczema and psoriasis occurring in rheumatic and gouty subjects, and in those who are subject to biliary derangements, or are chronic sufferers from malaria, I have found a tincture of blue flag (one part fresh root, two parts alcohol), in doses of from five to ten drops once, twice, or thrice daily, of inestimable service. Externally in ointment it is useful in infiltrated eczema and in psoriasis.
 
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