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Ointment of Treatment

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Source: The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with the latest discoveries in medicine by Reece, Richard, 1775-1831. nr 93032726 (1812), narrative-offset-900815.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Treatment: Treatment. — On the early appearance of this dis_ ase, it will only be necessary to cut the hair short in die places affected, to remove the scabs, and rub a ittle ol the following ointment well over the parts: — ake of the citrine ointment, three drachms ; olive oil, one drachm.— Mix in a glass mortar. When the disease has been neglected, and the scalp much affected, the shaving of the head will be re- quisite; afte

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Treatment. — On the early appearance of this dis_ ase, it will only be necessary to cut the hair short in die places affected, to remove the scabs, and rub a ittle ol the following ointment well over the parts: — ake of the citrine ointment, three drachms ; olive oil, one drachm.— Mix in a glass mortar. When the disease has been neglected, and the scalp much affected, the shaving of the head will be re- quisite; after which it should be well washed with a‘ ttcong solution of soap in water, till the scales and matter be entirely removed, when the following oint- ment should be well rubbed over the parts every night ind morning, by means of a piece of soft leather: — ake of the citrine ointment, and pitch ointment, of each half an ounce.

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 herbal remedy, not marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

External use only

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  • 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.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with the latest discoveries in medicine — The medical guide, for the use of the clergy, heads of families, and practitioners in medicine and surgery : comprising a practical dispensatory and treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure of the diseases incident to the human frame ; with Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-900815.
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