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Or, the unadulterated strong mercurial ointment

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Source: Porneiopathology: A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their Treatment by Culverwell, Robert James (historical date not recorded), paragraph-859.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • of— Caustic ½ drachm
  • Distilled water 1 oz
  • of— Chloride of soda 2 ounces
  • two drachms of carbonate of iron three times a day, gradually increasing the dose to half an ounce, or even an ounce; the bowels during the taking of this medicine should be kept open
  • of compound iron pill two drachms, to be divided into 24 pills—two to be taken three times a day

Method as extracted

  1. Take of— Caustic ½ drachm.
  2. Mix and strain, and smear the surface of the sore with a hair pencil, impregnated with either of the solutions: simple or astringent dressings may be applied afterward.
  3. Take of— Chloride of soda 2 ounces.
  4. Take two drachms of carbonate of iron three times a day, gradually increasing the dose to half an ounce, or even an ounce; the bowels during the taking of this medicine should be kept open.
  5. Take of compound iron pill two drachms, to be divided into 24 pills—two to be taken three times a day.

Live editorial status

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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.
  • Automated review flags: toxic metal or mineral.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Porneiopathology: A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their Treatment — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-859.
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