The homoeopathic surgical adviser and traveler's companion : containing also the treatment in cases of poisoning.

Date:
1859
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Credit: The homoeopathic surgical adviser and traveler's companion : containing also the treatment in cases of poisoning. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    serviceable; apply it with a camel's hair brush. Glycerine can be had in all drug stores; it is a clear, thick, sweet, and perfectly harmless fluid, and can be mixed with water in all pn portions. It may also be used instead of water in diluting the Tincture of Cantharides, one part of the tincture to ten parts of Glycerine. It has the very valuable property not to dry when exposed to the air, it keeps the parts it is applied to constantly moist and soft. The best and truly homoeopathic remedy for burns of all classes, particularly to allay the pain, is the Tincture of Cantharides; ten drops of it to half a tumblerful of water, applied by rags or lint, which should be kept wet with it. The blisters, in burns of the following classes, should be opened with a pin or pair of fine scissors, to let out the fluid, but the skin should not be removed; in addition to the above remedies, raw cotton (carded) may be used; split wadding is most convenient; it should be applied in several layers, and if the burn suppurates, the upper layers only should be removed, the lower oue remaining