Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, A manual of chirurgical pharmacy : comprising all the valuable formulae of the new London pharmacopoeia, and of the several pharmacopoeiae appertaining to this branch of science, with notes and observations, as well on the method of compounding, as likewise on the properties and use of each / by J. Wilson, surgeon, Huntingdon ... ; with a translation of the whole of the formulae, and additional notes and illustrations ; by William Meade, M.D. member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, honorary member of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c.

  • Wilson, James, 1765-1821.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia chirurgica, or, A manual of chirurgical pharmacy : comprising all the valuable formulae of the new London pharmacopoeia, and of the several pharmacopoeiae appertaining to this branch of science, with notes and observations, as well on the method of compounding, as likewise on the properties and use of each / by J. Wilson, surgeon, Huntingdon ... ; with a translation of the whole of the formulae, and additional notes and illustrations ; by William Meade, M.D. member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, honorary member of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acts upon the parts contiguous to the bite, but decom- poses any saliva which may have been infused into the wound. It is, however, apt to spread itself too far over the sorrounding surface, unless cautiously used: this is best prevented by dipping a small glass tube into the acid, and fixing it upon the injured parts. Nitric acid, sufficiently diluted with water, forms an excellent lotion for old indolent ulcers, or where the granulations are soft and spongy, or the edges of the wound are hard and callous. For these purposes the Lotio Acidi Nitrici will generally an- swer the intention; a greater or less quantity of the acid being added, according as the nature of the sore shall require, or the judgment of the surgeon shall deem fit. Within,these few years nitric acid gained such considerable repute in the cure of sy- philis, that with some surgeons it was thought suf- ficient to supersede the necessity of giving mercury for the removal of that complaint. Experience, however, soon rejected what enthu- siasm, in its eagerness for innovation, had too has- tilv adopted, and practitioners, we believe, now, one and all, make use of mercury, as the only safe and certain means of curing lues. But it cannot be de- nied that nitric acid, when judiciously administered, possesses very considerable effects over some forms of this complaint, independently of its efficacy in cer- tain other disorders; previous to the notice of which, we shall first brieflv detail what has been said bv