Ointments and oleates especially in diseases of the skin / by John V. Shoemaker.

Date:
1890
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Credit: Ointments and oleates especially in diseases of the skin / by John V. Shoemaker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. PART I. CHAPTER I. PAGE Ointments, 1 Local Medication of Skin Diseases—Antiquity of Oint- ments—Different Indications for Ointments, Powders, Lotions, etc.—Information about Ointments: Scanty, Scattered, and Insufficient—Fats and Oils : Animal and Vegetable—Their Chemical Composition—Comparative Permeability of Oils into Skin: of Animal, of Vege- table—Incorporation of Medicinal Substances into Fats: (1) Mode of Preparation, (2) Vegetable Powders and Extracts, (3) Alkaloids, (4) Mineral Substances, (5) Petroleum Fats ; Chemical Composition, Uses, and Dis- advantages. CHAPTER II. Official Ointments and theie Therapeutic Uses, 29 Ointments Formerly Official in the United States Pharmacopceia, 54 National Formulary Unofficial Ointments, . 62 CHAPTER III. Ointments Official in the British Pharmaco- peia, . . . . . . . . 67