Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . intment, orwhite precipitate ointment, is much used to apply to the con-tagious eczematous condition which appears on the head andface of children, known as impetigo. The yellow oxide of mer-cury ointment is very widely used for an application to theeyelids, when a mild antiseptic ointment is required. Inter-nally, mercurial salts are frequently used as purges; and forpersons who cannot take castor-oil, calomel forms one of themost convenient drugs, producing much
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . intment, orwhite precipitate ointment, is much used to apply to the con-tagious eczematous condition which appears on the head andface of children, known as impetigo. The yellow oxide of mer-cury ointment is very widely used for an application to theeyelids, when a mild antiseptic ointment is required. Inter-nally, mercurial salts are frequently used as purges; and forpersons who cannot take castor-oil, calomel forms one of themost convenient drugs, producing much the same effect as theoil, if three or four grains be given to an adult. Blue pill andgray powder are used in the same way, and in about the samedose. All of theseare best taken atnight, and fol-lowed by a doseof Epsom saltsin the morning. Mandrake.—Itis found inwoods andpatches through-out the UnitedStates, and itsroot is used asa purgative andhydrogogue. Itis a sure andactive cathartic,considered bet-ter than jalapin some has beenfound valuablein all liver af-fections anddropsy. If toolarge a dose is Mandraie. 1188 MATERIA MEDICA given, it may produce vomiting. In many cases it stimulates themenses. Menthol is a white crystalline substance deposited from oilof peppermint when it is cooled. It comes principally fromJapan. It dissolves freely in alcohol, ether, chloroform, andolive-oil, and also to a slight extent in water, to which it givesa strong odor and taste of peppermint. Mixed with a littleoil of peppermint, it can be molded into cones, sticks, or pencils,which are very widely used. When menthol is rubbed up withthymol, carbolic acid, chloral, or camphor, the two solids forma clear oily liquid, which can be painted on the skin, exertingthe effects of both drugs. Applied to the skin, menthol hasweak antiseptic properties, and it acts upon the sensory nervessomething like aconite, causing first a hot, tingling sensation,followed quickly by a cool, numb feel
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