General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . eated metal. Steam is very rarelyused therapeutically, in consequence ofRanunculus acm. the difficulty of restricting its action to a part of the surface ; tand the same applies,to a great extent^ to the application of boiling water. By the use ofheated metal, this inconvenience can be avoided. The mode of apply-ing it is by means of a piece of polished metal, dipped in boiling water,and applied to the part to be vesicated. These agents induce suddenrevulsion, and are adapted for violent affections, such as s
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . eated metal. Steam is very rarelyused therapeutically, in consequence ofRanunculus acm. the difficulty of restricting its action to a part of the surface ; tand the same applies,to a great extent^ to the application of boiling water. By the use ofheated metal, this inconvenience can be avoided. The mode of apply-ing it is by means of a piece of polished metal, dipped in boiling water,and applied to the part to be vesicated. These agents induce suddenrevulsion, and are adapted for violent affections, such as spasm of thestomach, or severe neuralgic affections of any kind. A plan, lately proposed for raising vesications on the surface, is veryeffective; and has been regarded as a form of moxa. It is attendedwith intense pain; but in severe cases this may be far from objection-able. A piece of linen or paper, cut of the requisite size, is immersedin spirit of wine or brandy. It is laid on the part to be blistered, carebeing taken that the moisture from the paper or linen does not wet the. SUPPURANT REVELLENTS.—UNGUENTUM ANTIMONII. 261 surrounding surface. The flame of a lighted taper is then appliedquickly over the surface, so as to produce a general ignition, which isexceedingly rapid. At the conclusion of this operation, the cuticle isfound detached from the true skin beneath. c. Suppurant Revellents. 26. ANTIMONII ET POTASS^E TARTRAS.—TARTRATE OF ANTIMONY AND POTASSA. Tartrate of antimony and potassa, associated with lard and rubbedon the skin night and morning, inflames the derma and gives occasionto a crop of large pustules with inflamed bases. It is sometimes usedin the form of solution, which is rubbed on the part; and in other cases,from ten grains to a drachm in fine powder are sprinkled over a Bur-gundy pitch plaster. The effect is the same from these different formsof application. When the pustules have once appeared, it should bediscontinued, for fear that troublesome
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