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.
D. Lupus, Weisse, 104, 1: 316; 73, 260; 207. Eczema of the face, seborrhoea, 209.
D. Intertrigo, 10, 1: 219.
Humid ulcers and excoriations, 51, 6: 83.
The officinal preparations are: Zinci Carbonas Proecipi-tata and Ceratum Zinci Carbonatis.
D. Lupus, 107, '44, 1: 92; And Many Others
The only officinal preparation is Liquor Zinci Chloridum.
D. Condylomata lata, Aubert, 194, Oct. 17, '75; Piffard, 152, March, '76, 80; Marshall, 5 (7th Am. Ed.), 255. Pemphigus, chancroids, Piffard (loc. cit.). Condylomata, acuminata and lata, £06. Chancroids, 2.08.
Aubert, and most others who have employed this agent, have used it in the form of fused sticks like those of nitrate of silver. It is a much more energetic caustic than the latter, and its application is followed by a good deal of pain. The fused sticks are prepared by Dr. Squibb.
D. Eczema, Crocker, 116, 2/78, 622; Sawyer, 116, 1/79, 586.
D. Herpes, eczema, impetigo, 10, 2: 173.
Chronic skin diseases with profuse discharge, as eczema, impetigo, excoriations, etc., 13, 164.
The only officinal preparation is Unguentum Zinci Oxidum.
D. Syphilitic tubercles and infiltrations, 209.
C. Zoster, Thompson, 193, Oct. '74; 202.
A. Deadly pallor of the skin, which was milky in its whiteness, Minich, 161, 75, 208.
D. Pruritus Johnston, 137, 1/66, 504.
Malignant growths (Simpson), Smith, 143, Feb. 14, '80. (I sulphate.) Epithelioma, 204; 206.
For mild astringent action the ordinary sulphate of zinc is usually employed, but as a caustic in malignant growths the Zinci Sulphas Exsiccata is to be preferred.
 
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