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Foy's Muriatic Acid Chilblain not salivate
Lotion. Muriatic acid, 1 part; water, 16 , 16 parts. To be used occasionally as a wash. 5399. Foy's Sulphuric Acid Chilblain Liniment. Sulphuric acid, 2 drachms; olive oil, 24 ounces; and oil of turpentine , 1 ounce .
Mix. Applied with gentle friction where the skin is not broken. 5400. Balsam of Peru Liniment for Chilblains. Balsam of Peru, 1/2 drachm drachm; muriatic ether, 2 drachms; and laudanum , 2 drachms. To be used as a friction . 5401. Gassicourt's Turpentine Chilblain Lotion. Oil of turpentine, 4 parts; parts; sulphuric acid, 1 part; olive oil, 10 parts. To be applied to the affected part night and morning. 5412. Battley's Sedative Solution of Opium. Take 6 ounces sliced opium , 14 ounces bruised nutmegs, & ounce Spanish saf fron, and 4 pounds verjuice. Boil together, Boil together , and add 4 drachms yeast; let the whole ferwhole ferment 6 weeks, in a warm place. Decant, fil- . Decant, filter, and bottle; add a little sugar to each botsugar to each bottle. One drop of this sedative is equivalent to 3 drops of black drop. 5413. Nimmo's Solution of Croton Oil. Mix together 1/2 drachm alcoholic solution of croton oil, 2 drachms each simple syrup and guaiac mucilage, and 1/22 ounce disounce distilled water. This quantity constitutes a dose; a little milk to be swallowed before before and after.
The alcoholic solution referred to is formed 5402. Saunders' Petroleum Chilblain Embrocation. Mix together petroleum, 1/2 by adding 8 drops croton oil to 1 fluid ounce ounce; alcohol,+ ounce. 5403. Radius' Camphor Chilblain Ointment. Lard, suet, oil of bayberries , and wax, of each ounce. Melt together and add camphor, 1 drachm. rectified spirit of wine (90 per cent.)