4824. Lotion of Acetate of Lead

4824.     Lotion of Acetate of Lead. Dissolve sugar of lead, 1/4 ounce avoirdupois, in distilled or soft water, 1 Imperial pint. Sometimes a little vinegar is added, a like quantity of water being omitted. Used in excoriations, burns, sprains, contusions, etc..; also as an occasional cosmetic wash by persons troubled with eruptions.

4825. Preventive Lotions

4825.    Preventive Lotions. These are washes intended to prevent infection from personal contact with those laboring under contagious diseases. Most of the nostrums of this character are mere weak solutions of chloride of lime, corrosive sublimate, potassa, or acetate or diacetate of lead. (See No. 4830 (Lotion of Chloride of Lime).)

4826. Lotion of Muriate of Ammonia

4826.   Lotion of Muriate of Ammonia. Dissolve sal-ammoniac in coarse powder, 1 to 4 drachms (avoirdupois), in water, 1 Imperial pint. A useful wash in itch, old ulcers, tender feet, sweaty feet and hands, swelled joints, etc..

4827. Strong Lotion of Hydrochlorate of Ammonia

4827.   Strong Lotion of Hydrochlorate of Ammonia. Dissolve sal-ammoniac, 1 to 2 avoirdupois ounces, in water, 1 Imperial pint. In bruises and contusions, extravasations, glandular swellings and indurations, chilblains, etc., when the skin is not broken.

Vinegar is often substituted for the whole or a part of the water, and sometimes 1/5 or 1/6 part of rectified spirit, or some brandy or rum is added.

4828. Lotion of Muriatic Acid

4828.    Lotion of Muriatic Acid. Mix hydrochloric acid (specific gravity 1.16), 1 fluid ounce, with water, 19 fluid ounces. For unbroken chilblains. Diluted with an equal bulk of water, it forms a useful lotion in lepra and other scaly skin diseases.

4829. Lotion of Nitrate of Silver

4829.     Lotion of Nitrate of Silver. Dissolve crystallized nitrate of silver, 1 to 2 drachms avoirdupois; concentrated nitric acid, 20 drops; in distilled water, 1 ounce. Used as a liquid caustic to destroy corns and warts.

4830. Lotion of Chloride of Lime

4830.    Lotion of Chloride of Lime. Take of chloride of lime (best, fresh), 1/2 ounce avoirdupois ; pure water, 1 Imperial pint ; mix in a bottle, and agitate, occasionally, for 2 or 3 hours; after repose, filter the clear portion through a piece of calico that has been previously moistened with water, and preserve the filtrate in a stoppered bottle.

4831. Lotion of Chloride of Soda

4831.    Lotion of Chloride of Soda. As the last, but substituting chloride of soda for chloride of lime. Or: Take of chloride of lime, 1/2 ounce avoirdupois; water, 3/4 Imperial pint; mix, etc., as before; then add of crystallized carbonate of soda, 31/2 drachms; previously dissolved in water, 1/4 pint; agitate the whole for 12 or 15 minutes, and filter, etc., as before.