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SCALD HEAD.
used the kreosote ointment with success. Some advise,
as a local application, sulphur; and I am of the opinion
the recipe recommended for itch would be of service;
others, oxide of zinc; the mineral acids in the form of
lotion, in the proportion of a drachm to a pint of water,
and the solutions of sulphuret of potash, chloride of
lime, sulphate of iron, zinc or copper, nitrate of silver.
Dr. Nigan recommends in the highest terms, the con-
centrated acetic acid, or radical vinegar; he saturates a
sponge and applies it three or four minutes; he says one
application will affect a cure.
When the disease has existed for any length of time,
you will use aperient medicine, and where it is of long
duration, your appropriate remedies will be the alkaline
and sulphurous washes and acidulous lotions; you should
use them in stength according to circumstances. " Ten
or twelve grains of the potassa fusa in an ounce of distilled
water, or one or two drachms of subearbonate of potash,
dissolved in a pint of tepid water, are the best alkaline
applications." The first should be applied for a short
time, and theatter kept constantly to the affected part.
We have used a lotion compound of the following with
good results:
I . Sulphuretti potassa, $ss.
Saponis venita, (turpentine soap,) gi.
Spiritus rectificati, (rectified spirits,) siv.
Tincture myrrh, 5ss.
Lime water, Oj.
Mix and apply night and morning. No application
should be used until the head be previously shaved.
The following remedies are appreciated highly by
different practitioners, such as ointment of nitric acid.402
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/402/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.