The record of pharmacy and therapeutics. No. IV. August, 1858 / edited by Hy. Medlock.

  • General Apothecaries Company (London, England)
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1858
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    even by children, and admitting of a variety of combina- tions in extemporaneous prescriptions. Dr. Pidduck spoke in high terms of the therapeutic effects of this combination of iodine in the treatment of those intractable cases of neuralgia occasioned by metallic poisons, such as mercury, lead, copper, &c. This compound is prepared by boiling iodine with milk of lime, and it is probable that the iodine occurs in the same form as does chlorine in the ordinary chloride (hypochlorite) of lime, namely, as iodide of calcium and iodate of lime. For the convenience of the profession it is sold in solution, a fluid ounce containing one grain of iodine. The dose of this solution is from thirty minims to two fluid drachms. Chlorate of Soda. Chlorate of potash has for many years been employed with great success in those diseases which are supposed to arise from a deficiency of oxygen in the system. Drs. Garnett and Ferrier have found it very efficacious in cases of obstinate scurvy. In venereal and liver complaints it has been employed as a useful substitute for mercury. More recently it has been found of service in fever, cholera, and other diseases of a malignant character. A lotion of chlorate of potash is frequently prescribed by Mr. Cooke, at the Royal Free Hospital, as an excellent detergent and antiseptic in chronic foetid suppurating ulcers of the leg, or other parts of the body. It proves also very serviceable in ulcers exhibiting a tendency to sloughing. It is composed of half an ounce of chlorate of potash to a pint of water, with forty drops of strong hydrochloric acid. It is stimulating in its action, and converts a foul ulcer into a healthy-looking, granulating sore. Another form of lotion, which combines the advantages of being perhaps more stimulating and less irritating, used occasionally by Mr. Cooke, is a combination of potash and manganese (a modification of the caustic recently introduced by him) in the proportion of ten grains to the ounce of water. Labarraque’s solution (hypochlorite of soda) is similarly used in the above hospital, but is more frequently employed by Mr. De Meric as an application to warts and condylomata around the anus and vulva previously to treating them