[Form 28].
Wash for Chancres.
Take of—
The solution of chloride of soda2oz.
Rose-water4oz.
Mix.
[Form 29].
Black wash for Chancres.
Take of—
Calomel1scruple.
Lime-water3ounces.
Mix.
[Form 30].
Red wash for Chancres.
Take of—
Bi-chloride of mercury4grains.
Lime-water4oz.
Mix.
Or, [Form 31].
Blue wash for Chancres.
Take of—
Sulphate of copper5grains.
Distilled water1oz.
Mix and strain.
For dressing chancres, lotions and washes generally answer better than ointments; but their alternate use is sometimes serviceable. In cracked sores near the prepuce, the blue ointment has wrought a cure when all the lotions devised were ineffectual.
[Form 32].
Take of—
Red precipitate of mercury4grains.
Ointment of spermaceti1oz.
Mix.—A little to be smeared over the ulcer, twice a day.
[Form 33].
Active aperient in indolent Chancres.
Take of—
Calomel4grains.
Powder of jalap15to 20 grains.
Mix.—To be taken in something thick, as jelly, honey, or tamarinds.
[Form 34].
Active aperient, to be mixed in water and (stirring it) to be drank off quickly.
Take of—
Chloride of mercury, or calomel5grains.
Powder of jalap25grains.
Mix.
[Form 35].
Ointment to promote absorption of Bubo.
Take of—
Iodine of potassium1drachm.
Tincture of iodine1drachm.
Acetate of morphine10grains.
Mix.—Apply constantly a plaister of some of this ointment spread upon rag or lint, over the bubo, and occasionally rub a little of it gently into the skin.—Doane.
Take of blue ointment a similar quantity, and use it in like manner to the preceding. The reliance to be placed on this ointment is precisely the same as the other, namely, to excite absorption. The following ointment may also be used for the same purpose.
[Form 37].
Take of—
Calomel2drachms.
Simple ointment6drachms.
Mix.