A practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood.

  • Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.
Date:
1871
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    be gently brushed into the scalp night and morning, when the hair is falling off after fever or any severe illness. A more elegant embrocation may be made by adding two fluid drachms of Tincture of Cantharides to two ounces ofEau de Cologne. R. Balsami Tolutani, gr. 120; Olei Rosmarini, min. 20; Tinctura? Can- tharidis, fl. drs. 4; Olei Ricini, fl. oz. 1 ; Adipis Pra?parati, oz. 1. Mix. A valuable pomade in eases of baldness following ringworms, pityriasis, or tima decal- vans. It should be brushed into the scalp night and morning. 167. Alum Coagulum. Take the whites of two eggs and shake them with fragments of alum to form a coagulum. Useful when painted under the eyelid to produce contraction in trichiasis, entropion, fie. 168. Astringent CoUyrium. R. Aluminis, gr. 12 ; Aquae Rosa?, fl. oz. 6. Dissolve and make an eye lotion. Tel R. Zinci Sulphatis, gr. G ; Aqua) Rosa?, fl. oz. 3. Dissolve and make an eye lotion. In ophthalmia tarsi, ,y<\ Vel R. Zinci Sulphatis, gr. 16; Vini Opii, fl. dr. 1 ; Aqua?. Rosa?, fl. oa. 8. Dissolve and make an eye lotion. 169. Sedative CoUyrium. R. Extracti Belladonna?, gr. 20; Aquae, fl. oz. 6. Dissolve and strain through a piece of linen. A piece of lint wetted u-ith this lotion may be kept applied over the eye, in painful ophthalmia. Vel R. Hydrargyri Perchloridi, gr. 1 ; Atropine Sulphatis, gr. 2 ; Ammonia? Hydrochloratis, gr. 8 : Aqua? Rosa?, fl. oz. 8. Solve. Recommended by Dr. Mackenzie as an eye-wash, in ophthalmia neonatorum when the ocrnea is ulcerated. 170. Iodide of Potassium CoUyrium. R. Potassii Iodidi, gr. 6 to 8 ; Aqua> Destillata?, fl. oz. 1. Mix. To remote stains of nitrate of silver from the conjunctiva. 172. Ammoniated Mercury and Sulphur. R. Unguenti Hydrargyri Ammoniati, gr. 120 ; Unguenti Sulphuris, gr. 360. Mix. A good anti-parasitic ointment. 173. Creasote and Red Oxide of Mercury. R. Creasoti, min. 10; Unguenti Hydrargyri Oxidi Rubri, gr. 120; Un- guenti Simplicis, gr. 360. Mix. In parasitic diseases of the skin, the ulca-a- tions of rupia, Jfe. 174. Diluted Citrine Ointment. R. Unguenti Hydrargyri Nitratis, gr. 40 to 120; Unguenti Cetacei, gr. 240. Mix. At a stimulant and alterative in chronic skin diseases. May be applied to the edges of the eyelid) in ophthalmia to prevent their adhering at night.