Diseases of the skin : their description, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, with special reference to the skin eruptions of children and an analysis of twelve thousand cases of skin disease / by H. Radcliffe Crocker.

  • Henry Radcliffe Crocker
Date:
1893
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Credit: Diseases of the skin : their description, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, with special reference to the skin eruptions of children and an analysis of twelve thousand cases of skin disease / by H. Radcliffe Crocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For sulphur baths 1 to 2 ounces of sublimed sulphur may be used, but this is rarely required for skin diseases, but is useful for rheumatic people, and is sometimes used for syphilitics to slightly irritate the skin, if there is any doubt about the disease having been sufficiently treated. Medicated Liquid Baths are used for a variety of diseases, and are of divers kinds. The proportions mentioned below are those used at University College Hospital since they were first started by Tilbury Fox, and quoted from his work. They are estimated for a full-length bath with 30 gallons of water at a temperature of 90° to 950 F. The emollient, alkaline, and sulphuret of potassium baths are the most commonly prescribed. 1. Emollient Baths are made of:—(a) Bran 2 to 6 lbs., (6) potato starch 1 lb., (c) gelatine 1 to 3 lbs., (d) linseed 1 lb., (e) marshmallow 4 lbs. ; {/) size 2 to 4 lbs., to 20 or 30 gallons of water. Use in all erythematous, itchy, and scaly diseases. 2. Alkaline.— (a) Bicarbonate of soda 51]' to jx, (d) carbonate of potash 51]' to 5vj, (c) borax ^iij. The bicarbonate of soda may be used with bran liquor, made by infusing a gallon of bran. Use in eczema, psoriasis, urti- caria, lichen, and prurigo, where there is much local irritation. 3. Acid.—Nitric or muriatic acid 3J', or a mixture of nitric acid^j, or more, with hydrochloric acid in like quantity to 30 gallons of water. Use in chronic lichen and prurigo. 4. Iodine.—Iodine 5ss, iodide of potassium 5SS, with 31] of glycerine, or iodine 5j or more, with 5j or 31] of liquor potassa? to 30 gallons of water. Use in scrofulous eruptions, in syphilis, and in squamous diseases. 5. Bromine.—20 drops of bromine with 31] bromide of potassium. Use as the iodine. 6. Sulphuret of Potassium.—51]' to §iv to each bath. The balneum sulphuris co. of Startin, senr., is made with ^ij of sulphur (precipitated), 5j of hyposulphite of soda, and 5SS of dilute sulphuric acid, with a pint of water, added to the usual 30 gallons of water. Use in itch, in chronic eczema, lichen, and psoriasis. 7. Mercurial.—Bichloride 5j to 5iij, with 5j of hydrochloric acid; bin- iodide of mercury 5j, with gij of chloride of sodium. Use in pityriasis rubra and the syphilodermata, especially with ulceration. CAUSTICS. 1. Arsenic.—Arsenious acid gr. 10, artificial cinnabar 5ss, rose ointment 3ss (Hebra's Cosme's paste); or it may be used as a powder with white sugar instead of the ointment. 2. Calomel 5ijss, bisulphuret of mercury 3ij, arsenious acid 5j (Startin, senr.). Use in lupus and strumous ulcers, rodent ulcers, and syphilis. 3. Chromic Acid.—A saturated solution is excellent for warts. Gr. 10 to gr. 30 to water 3j for superficial glossitis, syphilitic or otherwise, and for syphilitic papilloma of tongue. 4. Mercury, Acid Nitrate.—B.P. solution ; or pure mercury Jj, nitric acid (sp. gr. 1-4) gij (Startin, senr.). Use in lupus, syphilis, verruca necrogenica nasvus, etc. The addition of 5j of arsenious acid to Startin's formula is sometimes made.