A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    oo ° LOCAL THERAPEUTICS. tion one drachm to the ounce, decomposes in a few days, but when fresh IS efficient. Anthrarobin is, however, commonly employed in an oint- ment of half a drachm to the ounce, or- in the form of powder applied to ulcers. ANTHEMIS. Chamomile. The flower heads of Antheviis nobilis collected from cultivated plants (U S P ) Chamonnle contains a bitter principle, of an acid character, and an essential oil The oil appears to be the active constituent. Diseases of the Ear and Throat.-A fomentation of chamomile flowers IS an ancient simple in domestic practice for Otalgia. Chamo- mile has a secondary position among topical agents in affections of the respiratory tract. Inhalations of a hot infusion may be used as an adju- vant in Acute Sore Throat in children, in which a spasmodic element is present. Diseases of the Eye.-A small bag of thin flannel, containing chamomile flowers, dipped in a hot infusion of this herb, forms a con- venient means of applying moist heat in ophthalmic practice. ANTIMONII OXIDUM. Oxide of Antimony. A heavy, grayish-white powder, permanent in the air, odorless and tasteless, almost insoluble in water, and insoluble in alcohol (U. S. P.). Diseases of the Throat.—One to five grains, in the form of a powder, is recommended by J. Solis Cohen in Chronic Laryngitis. It is described as a relaxant. ANTIMONII ET POTASSII TARTRAS. Tartrate of Antimony and Potassium. Tartar Emetic. Tartrate of antimony and potassium is rubefacient, counter-irritant, and vesicant. General Surgery.—Tartar emetic is occasionally used, locally, in the form of the ointment, as a rubefacient. Spread on lint it excites on the skin a characteristic inflammation, at first papular, then vesicular, and lastly pustular. The eruption thus runs the course of that of small- pox and simulates it closely; it often leaves minute scars. An ointment of the drug was formerly ordered when a powerful and persistent irritant action was desired, but its use is to be deprecated, as the blister it produces is unusually severe and liable to be followed by an ill-conditioned ulcer. Rigley i^Obstet. Jour., Sept., 1877) speaks highly of the use of the