Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II

by Arnold James Cooley; Richard Vine Tuson

Poultice, Compound Farina. Syn. Cataplasma farinæ compositum. Prep. Rye flour, 1 lb.; old yeast, 4 oz.; salt, 2 oz.; hot water, q. s.

Poultice, Cummin. (L. Ph. 1788.) Syn. Cataplasma cumini. Prep. Cummin seeds, 1 lb.; bay berries, scordium leaves, serpentaria root, of each 3 oz.; cloves, 1 oz.; to be powdered together and mixed with thrice their weight of honey.

Poultice, Discutient. Syn. Cataplasma discutiens. Prep. Barley meal, 6 oz.; fresh hemlock, 2 oz.; vinegar, q. s. Boil and add sal ammoniac, ¹⁄₂ oz. (Fr. Hosp.) The same, with 2 dr. of acetate of lead added.

Poultice, Effervescing. Syn. Cataplasma effervescens. Prep. Fresh wort thickened with oatmeal, and a spoonful of yeast added.

Poultice, Emetic. Syn. Cataplasma emeticum. Prep. Bruised groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) applied over the stomach produces vomiting.

Cataplasma of Fig. Syn. Cataplasma fici. Prep. A dried fig, roasted or boiled (sometimes in milk), is frequently applied to gum-boils, &c.

Poultice, Foxglove. (Mr Alland.) Syn. Cataplasma digitalis. Prep. A strong decoction of foxglove, with bread-crum, or linseed meal, q. s.

Poultice, Galbanum. Syn. Cataplasma galbani. Prep. Lily roots, 4 oz.; figs, 1 oz.; boil till soft, and bruise them with 1¹⁄₂ oz. of onions and ¹⁄₂ oz. of galbanum, triturated with yolk of egg and a sufficient quantity of linseed meal.

Poultice, Galvanic. (Recamier.) Syn. Cataplasma galvanicum. It consists of cotton wadding containing a layer of very thin zinc plates, and another layer of copper ones. This pad, conveniently quilted, is enclosed in a bag, one face of which is of quilted calico, the other of impermeable tissue. The natural perspiration, confined by the impermeable tissue, excites galvanic action between the metals.

Poultice of Hem′lock. Syn. Cataplasma conii (B. P., Ph. L.), L. Prep. 1. (Ph. L.) Boiling water, ¹⁄₂ pint; linseed meal, 4¹⁄₂ oz., or q. s.; make a poultice, and on this spread of extract of hemlock (Ph. L.), 1 oz., first softened with a little hot water. Anodyne. In irritable and painful cancerous, scrofulous, and syphilitic sores, tumours, &c.