A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    Liquor aculi arseniosi (a one per cent, solution in two per cent, hydrochloric acid) and arTZilr -^id combined with pot Jium) Diseases of the Skin.-Arsenious acid is employed locally on the skin as an escharotic. Dupuytren recommended a powder of i part arsenious acid and 24 parts calomel in Epithelioma and Foul Ulcers. Arsenious Acid is employed as an escharotic in Cancers. B. Arsenici ^Iphid, pts. Ixxj Sanguinis draconis, pts. xx; Acidi arseniosi, pts. viij This is made into a paste with water. Its application is painful and not without danger. Arsenic is the chief ingredient in many secret remedies for the same affection. It is usually combined with some substance intended to dissolve the horny epidermis, as it will scarcely, if at all, act through this. The famous Poudre caustique de Frere Cosme ou du Rousselot is: B. Acidi arseniosi gr. x; Hydrarg. sulphid. nig., 9 ij; Pulv. carbo. animalis, gr. x. M. This powder is mixed with mucilage at the time of using. The external part of '^Febures remedy'' for Cancer consists of ten grains of arsenious acid dissolved in a pint of distilled water, to which is added an ounce of extract of conium, three fluid ounces of solution of sub-acetate of lead, and a fluid drachm of tincture of opium. With this the cancer is washed every morning. (U. S. Disp.) ''Jusetmond's arsenical powder'' is: B. Antimonii sulphuret, pts. xvj j Acidi arseniosi, pt. j. M. Melt in a crucible. When cold reduce the mass to powder and add five parts extract of opium. ''Manec's paste is composed as. follows: B. Acidi arseniosi, gr. xvj Hydrarg. sulphid. nig., gr. Ixxv; Spongia usta, gr. xxxv. This is made into a thick paste with a few drops of water. Billroth (^Grundriss der Chirurgie, V. i, p. 303) in Multiple Sarco- matous Degeneration of the lymphatic glands has used parenchy- matous injections of five minims Fowler's Solution ( = gr. arse- nious acid) diluted with ten minums of distilled water combined with the internal use of the remedy with success, and the same treatment has been found useful in Sarcoma of the Skin. ACIDUM BORICUM. Boric Acid. Boracic Acid. Romberg's Sedative Salt. Boric acid is made by decomposing solutions of borax (biborate of soda) with strong hydrochloric acid, and purifying. It is soluble in 25 parts of water, and in 15 parts of alcohol at 15° C. (59° F.), in three parts of boiling water, and in five parts of boiling alcohol. (U. S. P.) It is also soluble in volatile oils, but is insoluble in ether. Hot glycerin dissolves boric acid freely, forming the substance known as boroglycerinum. See Article Boroglycerinum. Boric acid is sometimes contaminated with free hydrochloric acid and with chloride of