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A. Diaphoretic, 23, 5: 124.
B. Irritates the skin and inflames it - acts like savin,+ 24, 2: 938.
C. Venereal warts, 2, 205; Menier ++; (H.G.P.).
Epithelioma, Learning, 153, May, '55, 406; Rice, 149, Dec. 10, '78.
C. and D. Warts on the face, 205.
D. Venereal warts, 2, 205, 202; 204; (H.G.P.).
The tincture applied from time to time for several days causes the excrescences to become pale, diminish in size, and disappear, Bre-cher, 26, 1066.
Bromidrosis, Hoppe (Berl. med. Zeit., '59, 52), 146, 1/G0, 323.
Fluid extracts and tinctures of Arbor vitae should invariably be made from the fresh leaves. The dose varies from a few drops to a drachm. For external application it should be diluted with four or five volumes of water.
Tong Pang Chong (Akebia quinata [?], Decaisne),
D. Eczema, Murray, 116, May 19, '77; Crocker, 116, 1/78, 225. Psoriasis (ib.). Trichophytosis, Murray (loc. cit.).
 
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