A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    deodorizing the fetor of Uterine Cancer. R. Acidi salicylic gr ij • Sodu sahcylat., gr. xl; Tinct. eucalyp., %iss; Acid, aceti, f^iss'; to be added to two pints of water and used as a douche every four hours. Sahcylic acid may be employed with advantage in the treatment of Uterine Cancer, 1;o correct the fetor. It is used by means of a cotton tampon thoroughly impregnated with the drug, which is changed twice daily. In conjunction with this a vaginal douche of a three per cent, solution of creolin should be used. Salicylic acid has been employed by injection for the removal of Ascarides. B. Acid, salicylic, gss ; Sodii bicarb., ^ss; Aquae, Oj. To be thrown into the bowel. An enema should be first given, cleansing the bowel of all fecal matter, and then the solution just described should be used. It is also used as an injection in Dysenteric Diarrhcea in children, in the proportion of i part to 300. Diseases of the Skin.—The employment of salicylic acid as an ex- ternal agent in the treatment of skin diseases dates from about 1875, when it was recommended for Moist Eczema of the scalp and face. Las- sar (^Monatschrift f. Prakt. Dermatol., 1883, p. 97) recommended its use in paste as well as ointments in Eczema Rubrum and in Impetigo Con- tagiosa of children. It has also been employed successfully in Psoria- sis, Lupus and Parasitic Affections. Salicylic acid has been employed also to prevent the extension of Erysipelas. The action of salicylic acid in the softening and removal of excessive epidermic growths and in favoring the normal proliferation of epithelium has been made the subject of investigation by several dermatologists, notably Unna {^Monatschriftf. Prakt. Dermatol, 1882, No. 4). In the treatment of Favus, epilation, followed by the inunction of a solution of 10 to 25 grains of salicylic acid in an ounce of castor oil, has been found effectual. In Tinea Tonsurans and Tinea Circinata, as well as in Tinea Ver- sicolor, an alcoholic solution of salicylic acid, of 40 to 50 grains to the ounce, painted on, has been highly recommended. A similar solution in liquor gutta percha may be used on non-hairy parts of the body. In Pityriasis of the scalp and in Squamous Eczema (Eczema Sebor- RHCEicuM of the face) an ointment of 20 grains of salicylic acid in an ounce of ichthyol has been used to advantage. A combination of salicylic acid with, sulphur, in the proportion of 20 to 40 grains of the former and a drachm of the latter in an ounce of vaseline, we have found equally advantageous in similar cases. Mixed with starch, oxide or carbonate of zinc and other powders, as in the following formula, salicylic acid forms an excellent application in the treatment of Hyperidrosis. R. Acid, salicylic, gij; Zinc. carb. precip., 3iv; Magnesii ustae, ^iv, Lycopodii giss. M.