Lectures on cosmetic treatment : a manual for practitioners / by Edmund Saalfeld ; translated by J.F. Halls Dally ; with an introduction and notes by P.S. Abraham.

Date:
1910
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Credit: Lectures on cosmetic treatment : a manual for practitioners / by Edmund Saalfeld ; translated by J.F. Halls Dally ; with an introduction and notes by P.S. Abraham. 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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    ADDENDA Note 1 (p. 88). I do not fiud the use of tar soaps always disadvantageous even in the yery greasy seborrhoic cases. A strong sphagnol soap (containing tar distilled from peat) is often of use, and this I re- comniend for wasliing the head once a week in most cases, to be followed as soon as the scalp is dry by an application of some ointnient. (P. S. A.) Note 2 (p. 89). Here again I cannot quite agree. It may be difficult to introduce a medicament into a greasy scalp, unless it can be got to incorporate itself or mix with the greasy secretion. Henee an ointnient or oil containing the drug will penetrate in such circum- stances more readily than anything else. In point of fact, I always begin the treatment of seborrhoea with copious and thorough inunctions. (P. S. A.) Note 3 (p. 96). Ointments containing small quantities of a mercurial salt are also efficacious in seborrhceic conditions of the scalp. A modification of one for many years successfully employed at Blackfriars is :— R Hydrarg. ox. rubr gr. xv Acidi salicylici . . . . . . gr. xv Paraffini mollis Lanolini . . . . . . . aa ad gi M. f. ung. In many cases I order an ointnient of this nature to be niassaged into the scalp every night for a fortnight, some two or three hours after rubbing in with a stiff brush an ammonia and cantharidis lotion, e.g. : — 11 Liq. ammon. fort, . 5ij 01. terebinth. 5i Tr. cantharidis oij Eau-de-Cologne . oij Aq ad gviij M. f. lot. Once a week the scalp is well washed with sphagnol soap—after rubbing in emulsion of yolk of egg, the head is tlien dried and the ointment applied that night. The treatment is gradually lessened after a fortnight, according to its progress. (P. S. A.) i78