6. (Dr Graves’ Preventive.) Sulphate of copper, 20 gr.; water, 1 oz. As the first three.
7. (Lejeune’s Balsam.) See Chilblain Balsam.
8. (Linnæus’ remedy.) Hydrochloric acid, 1 oz.; water, 11 oz. As No. 3.
9. (Morton’s Liniment.) Calomel and camphor, of each 1 dr.; spermaceti ointment, 4 dr.; oil of turpentine and cocoa-nut oil, of each 2 dr. As No. 5.
10. (Wahler’s Ointment.) Black oxide of iron, bole, and oil of turpentine, of each 1 dr.; resin cerate, 1 oz. For broken chilblains. We have found a mixture of equal parts of calamine cerate and resin cerate answer quite as well. See Cerate, Ointment.
11. (Russian remedy.) The rind of perfectly ripe cucumbers dried, with the soft parts attached. For use they are placed with the inner side, previously soaked in warm water, over the soft parts. (Med. Zeitung.)
12. (Rhein.) Dissolve 1 oz. of tannin in a pint of water, and 74 grains of iodine in 13⁄4 oz. of spirit of wine; the solutions are then mixed, and enough water added to make the whole up to 21⁄2 pints. In applying it, which is best done at bedtime, the mixture is gently warmed over a slow fire; the affected part is dipped into it while still cold, and retained in it till the liquid, on being stirred, feels uncomfortably hot. The vessel is then withdrawn from the fire, and the affected part dried over it. The vessel must be of earthenware or porcelain, and care must be taken not to use too much iodine, especially when abrasions are present.
13. (L′Union Médicale.) Oxide of zinc, 2 parts; tannic acid, 1 part; glycerin, 10 parts; balsam of Peru, 8 parts; camphor, 4 parts.
14. (Swediaur’s Paste.) Bitter almonds, 8 oz.; honey, 6 oz.; powdered camphor and flour of mustard, of each 1⁄2 oz.; burnt alum and olibanum, of each 1⁄2 oz.; yolks of 3 eggs; beat to a paste. To be applied night and morning.
15. (Vance’s Cream.) Ointment of nitrate of mercury, 1 oz.; camphor, 1 dr.; oil of turpentine, 2 dr.; oil of olives, 4 dr.; mix well together. To be applied by gentle friction 2 or 3 times daily.