Catarrh Salve.
The following remedy for catarrh, and other uses for which it is recommended, was patented by William H. Thomas of Los Angeles, Cal. From the nature of its ingredients and mode of preparation we are led to believe that it is the most elegant and effective of all the “salve catarrh remedies” that have been brought to our notice:
| Petrolatum1 | ounce. |
| Pimento (powd. allspice)4 | grains. |
| Thymol4 | grains. |
| Boracic Acid2 | grains. |
| Subnitrate of Bismuth2 | grains. |
| Spirit of Wintergreen3 | drops. |
| Cassia Lanceolata Leaves (senna) 1/4 | ounce. |
The boracic acid, subnitrate of bismuth, thymol, and pimento is placed in a mortar and reduced to a fine powder. The leaves of the cassia lanceolata are subjected with the petrolatum to a sufficient degree of heat to extract the active principles of the leaves, after which the petrolatum is strained off and added to the powdered substances before mentioned with the spirit of wintergreen, the whole being thoroughly commingled and mixed in any convenient manner. In using the compound it is applied locally in the usual manner by means of the fingers or any material by which the application can be thoroughly effected. As an ointment it is especially applicable to the treatment of catarrh, malignant sores, abrasions, and other affections where a local remedy can be applied.