Volume 1

The extra pharmacopœia of Martindale and Westcott.

  • Martindale, William, 1840-1902.
Date:
1924-1925
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Credit: The extra pharmacopœia of Martindale and Westcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Water heated to boiling,—daily for 2 to 3 hours gives good results, even cures. In stomatitis mercurialis a watery paste of the acid applied to the parts every 2 days relieves pain and removes ulceration.—M. “o8,119. Poisoning by a&&iiccttson of.—A child of 2 to 3 months Severe burn of the foot from boiling water treated with a dusting powder containing varying amounts, 7 to 17% of the Acid. Vomiting and severe diarrhoea. Temperature rose to 100° E., and pulse varied from 100 to 150. General erythema developed, and child died on 22nd day after the accident. —South African Med. Record, duly, 19x2, per L. ii./i2,471. For further references to toxic action vide Edn. XII., p. 51. Picric Acid 6 grains in 2 grain doses at intervals of some hours taken without harm. Turns urine orange coloured.—Walter Smith, B.M.J. i./i7,618. Lotio Acidi Picrici, 1% aqueous (St. Th. H.). For burns cotton wool impregnated with this lotion is used. Re¬ commended by H.M. Inspectors of Explosives to keep handy as First Aid for burns. After 48 hours remove and wash with Potassium Permanganate 5 grains in Water 16 ounces. Washing with weak ammonia and then with hydrogen peroxide removes the stains.—L. ii./o8,1025. The method is not always satisfactory—may cause toxic symp¬ toms. Cleaning the parts and rubbing off blisters with Alcohol— under Chloroform anaesthesia—is preferred by E. C. Milligan, Austral. Med. Jl., Jan. 4/13. See abstract p. 119. Gauze and Wool, impregnated with Picric Acid, are prepared. In naval warfare Picric Acid found efficacious as a first dressing to burns, but subsequently moist, and mild antiseptics found more suitable.—Surgeon-General H. D. Rolleston, B.M.J. i./i7,224; L. i./i7,258. Burns due to Cordite were treated on H.M S. “Lion” and “Tiger” in the Jutland battle with Picric Acid solution. Found a suitable dressing, but if left on too long it dried and was difficult to remove. As a second dressing 5% mixture of Eucalyptus in Olive Oil, sterilised by boiling, and if acid made alkaline by Lime Water.—B.M.J. ii./i6,598. Pigmentum Acidi Picrici et Camphorse.—Picric Acid 2, Cam¬ phor 50, and Alcohol 90% to 100. Ringworm well treated by this Pigment.—A. Savill, Pr. July 13/94. Sig.-—“Inflammable. To be painted all over the scalp twice daily.” The hair is to be clipped quite close, and the scalp washed once or twice a week, and covered by a calico cap. Generally the ringworm hairs are loosened, and come away with their bulbous portions in from ten to thirty days. A slight yellow staining of the hair may be noticeable some weeks after treatment. A. W. Williams, Brit. Jl. Dernmt., June, 1912. Slightly modified. C.D. ii./13,931 advises, Picric Acid 1 drachm, Camphor 2 drachms, Alcohol 44 ounces, to be painted on scalp, after previously washing with Ether, until there are no diseased hairs left. Unguentum Acidi Picrici, 1 to 3%, for pruritus of scrotum and gonorrhoea. For burns : Relieves pain and may be left 48 hours without chang¬ ing. For burns of the eye, Ointment 2% better than solution. Instillation of a little cocaine solution beforehand.**—B.M J.E.ii./o8,36.