A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    The dosage of camphor in powder is small. A few drops of the spirit of camphor may be placed on a piece of sugar and administered internally. The effect produced probably combines a local with a general effect. The following inhalant for Ozmna is much used in France according to Moure (La Tribune Meduaie, November 7, 1889): Camphor, eicrht grammes; tincture iodine, ten grammes; iodide of potash, two grlmmes; tar, twelve grammes; alcohol, 90°, one hundred grammes; water, two hundred and fifty grammes. Camphor is compatible with tannic acid. The following formula is recommended by Lefiferts for acute coryza in infants : Camphor, pulverized, two drachms; tannic acid, one-half drachm; sugar of milk, one-half ounce. Camphor is an ingredient of a snuff recommended by H. Dobell (''Winter Cough, London, p. 204, ist ed., Appendix p. 172) in proportion of one drachm to an equal quantity of tannic acid, white sugar and high dried Welsh snuff. To a nasal tampon, camphor to the extent of twenty grains may be added. In the treatment of diseases of the pharynx where a mild excitant and antispasmodic are needed camphor is useful. It may be ordered in the form of a gargle, four minims of the spirit to an ounce of water. The raistura camphorse is recommended by M. Mackenzie, combined with tannic acid and a little alcohol. J. Morris Lewis recommends camphor water as a detergent gargle. In the treatment of Laryngitis camphor is frequently used as an inhalant. It assists nitrate of potassium in overcoming Spasm of the Larynx, Trachea and the Bronchial Tubes. One drachm of the spirit added to three drachms of alcohol in the presence of one ounce of water forms an agreeable combination. The spirit of camphor may be added to other stimulating inhalants. It appears to qualify their action in a peculiar manner. The eyes must be protected in the use of inhalants containing camphor, since its vapor is irritating to the conjunctiva. Lozenges of camphor ordinarily contain about one-twentieth of a grain of the gum. Camphor Wool: Cotton, one drachm; glycerin, ten minims; aether, rect., one ounce. Mix the glycerin with the tincture, saturate the wool with the liquid and dry. * For oil of camphor, see Oleum camphorcs. Diseases of the Eye.—Camphor water in combination with borax and largely diluted with water, was much employed by the late Dr. Dyer in the treatment of Conjunctivitis. Oleum Camphorse. Oil of Camphor. The volatile oil obtained from Camphora oficinarum, (U. S. P., 1870.) A liquid of light brownish-yellow color, having the odor and taste of camphor, and the specific gravity of 0.940. It is soluble in all the solvents of camphor.