Diseases of the skin in infancy and childhood / by Howard Fox.

  • Fox, Howard, 1873-1947.
Date:
1930
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Credit: Diseases of the skin in infancy and childhood / by Howard Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The tar and zinc are first mixed. The vaselin is then melted and thor¬ oughly incorporated with the starch, after which the two mixtures are united. ANTIPRURITICS The Roentgen ray is valuable as an antipruritic in addition to its many other qualities. The preceding remedies, however, are antipruritic as well as soothing and protective. A useful salve is the following: R Menthol. 2 gm. Ol. oliv. 20 c.c. Adeps lan. q.s. ad . 100 gm. The three varieties of wood tar described below are valuable for their antipruritic as well as stimulating action. STIMULATING REMEDIES For Acne and Folliculitis.—Lotio Alba. Zinc sulph. 4 gm. Pot. sulphurat. 4 gm. Aq. ros. q.s. ad . 120 c.c. This lotion may be increased in strength by doubling the first two ingredients or, further, by adding an equal amount of precipitated sul¬ phur. The three varieties of wood tar—oleum cadinum, oleum rusci, and pix pini—are stimulating and are not to be used for acutely inflamed skin conditions. They are useful in dry, itchy and chronic skin diseases. The oil of cade is the most active. V 01. cadin. 3 c.c. Ol. cadin. 3 c.c. Ung. zinc. oxid. . . 30 gm. Petrolat. alb. . . . . . 30 gm When a powerful stimulant is needed, nothing is more useful than chrysarobin, especially in ointment form, though the staining properties and liability of causing conjunctivitis must be remembered. Chrysarob. I to 6 gm. Petrolat. alb. Adeps lan. a!. 15 gm.