A manual of bandaging : adapted for self-instruction / by C. Henri Leonard.

  • Leonard, C. Henri (Charles Henri), 1850-1925.
Date:
[1884], [©1884]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of bandaging : adapted for self-instruction / by C. Henri Leonard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CATAPLASMA CONII—(77ew?(>cA; Poultice). Formula.—Take of powdered hemlock leaves, one ounce; linseed meal, three ounces; boiling water, ten fluid ounces. Mix the hemlock and meal intimately together, and then gradually add the water, con- stautl}' stirring. Uses.—As an anodyne dressing for cancerous and syphilitic ulceration. As there is danger of the drug being absorbed too freely from the wounded surface, the patient should be watched closely that no poisonous symptoms may arise. Opium and Belladonna may also be made use of in making these anodyne dressings, using them, however, in much smaller amounts than is recommended to be taken of the conium. CATAPLASMA FERMENTI—(Jeas^ PmiUice). Formula.—Take of beer yeast, six fluid-ounces; wheat flour, fourteen ounces; water (100° F.), six fluid ounces. Mix the j'east with the water and stir in the flour, afterwards placing the mass befoi'e the fire till it rises. Uses.—As a sort of an anodyne poultice. The carbonic acid gas evolved has something of an anaesthetic effect upon the inflamed skin. It corrects the fetor of the discharges, and stimulates indolent ulcers. The dressing is not now much made use of. CATAPLASMA Bll^K?l^—{Mustard Poultice). Formula.—Take of powdered mustard-seed and linseed, each, two and one-half ounces; boiling water, ten fluid-ounces. Mix the linseed meal gradually with the water, and then stir in the mustard. Uses.—More especially as a rubefacient. The Pharmaco- poeia has directed that boiling water be used. It would be better not to employ water at so high a heat, as it deteriorates its rubefacient power in some varieties of mustard. The laity often make an addition of vinegar; but this is a mistake, in case the black mustard be used, as it defeats the very action it was put in to enhance. Care should also be had in the application of this rubefacient to the very young or very aged; for if left too long api^lied, epidermal sloughing.may occur.