Corrosive sublimate, one to four grains to an ounce of alcohol and water; carbolic acid, one part to three or more parts of glycerine; a ten per cent. oleate of mercury; ointments of ammoniated mercury, sulphur and tar; and sulphurous acid, pure or diluted. The following is valuable:—
℞ Sulphur, præcip., ................................ ʒij
Saponis viridis,
Ol. cadini, ....................āā................ ʒj
Adipis, .......................................... ℥ss. M.
Chrysarobin is a valuable remedy, but must be used with caution; it may be employed as an ointment, five to ten per cent. strength, as a rubber plaster, or as a paint, a drachm to an ounce of gutta-percha solution. Formalin, weakened or full strength, has been extolled. Some observers have experimentally tried the effect of x-ray exposure with alleged good results, pushing the treatment to the point of producing depilation; if used great caution should be exercised.
How is favus upon the general surface to be treated?
In the same general manner as favus of the scalp, but the remedies employed should be somewhat weaker. In favus of the nail frequent and close paring of the affected part and the application, twice daily, of one of the milder parasiticides, will eventually lead to a good result.
Is constitutional treatment of any value in favus?
It is questionable, but in debilitated subjects tonics, especially cod-liver oil, may be prescribed with the hope of aiding the external applications.
Tinea Trichophytina.
(Synonym: Ringworm.)
What is tinea trichophytina?