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Plaster of Burnt sponge

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 PreparationPlaster RouteTopical use

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
Use relationship map

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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: A translation of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London. 1824. by Royal College of Physicians of London. n 80046799; Phillips, Richard, 1778-1851. n 88087043; Gray, Samuel Frederick, 1766-1828, former owner. Copy 2. UkLW nr 91017757 (1824), monograph-offset-400582-15.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Burnt Sponge: of Semi-vitreous oxide of lead in very fine powder, five pounds, Olive oil a gallon, Water two pints

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: Take of Semi-vitreous oxide of lead in very fine powder, five pounds, Olive oil a gallon, Water two pints ; Boil them together over a slow fire, constantly stirring them, until the oil and oxide of lead unite into the consis- tence of a plaster; but it will be proper to add a little boiling water, if nearly the whole of that used in the be- ginning, should be consumed before the end of the boiling.

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, 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: 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. A translation of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London. 1824. — A translation of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London. 1824.Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at monograph-offset-400582-15.
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