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Ointment of Renault in thinking

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationOintment RouteTopical use

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It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Use not stated in the extracted passage.

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Automated live-review record

This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1817; Dublin pharmacopoeia ... 1807 by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832 (1826), monograph-offset-512631-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Renault in thinking: Its admix- ture with ointments and extracts, in like manner, prevents it from coming so fully in contact with the surface to which it is applied; but opium operates by reducing the sensibili- ty of the part, and, in a larger dose, of the system, while the local action of the arsenic is reduced in no greater a de- gree than it would be by the addition of an equal quantity of any inert extract. -_Justamond used an oint

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Its admix- ture with ointments and extracts, in like manner, prevents it from coming so fully in contact with the surface to which it is applied; but opium operates by reducing the sensibili- ty of the part, and, in a larger dose, of the system, while the local action of the arsenic is reduced in no greater a de- gree than it would be by the addition of an equal quantity of any inert extract. -_Justamond used an ointment composed of four grains of white oxide of arsenic, ten grains of opium, and a drachm of cerate, spread very thin upon linen.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, quality score below 70, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, toxic metal or mineral.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

  1. The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1817; Dublin pharmacopoeia ... 1807 — The Edinburgh new dispensatory containing 1. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. 2. The materia medica ... 3. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London pharmacopoeia of 1825 ... Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ..Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-512631-1.
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