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Plaster of Cape

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationPlaster RouteTopical use Plant recordClusia orthoneura ↗

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Source: A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus; including the new French medicines, as well as ... veterinary drugs, patent medicines ... paints, varnishes, and similar articles by Rennie, James, 1787-1867 (1826), narrative-offset-339487.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Cape: It is foetid, bitter, acrid, and internally it is like assafctida, antispasmodic and expectorant in doses of pr.x to 3j in form of pill or emulsion ; but is seldom prescribed except externally in the form of plaster; being discutient and suppurative. Adulterated, like most of the gum resins, with various cheap sub- stances. ‘The genuine ought to be in form of tears, or masses of a reddish or yellowish brown colour, s

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: It is foetid, bitter, acrid, and internally it is like assafctida, antispasmodic and expectorant in doses of pr.x to 3j in form of pill or emulsion ; but is seldom prescribed except externally in the form of plaster; being discutient and suppurative. Adulterated, like most of the gum resins, with various cheap sub- stances. ‘The genuine ought to be in form of tears, or masses of a reddish or yellowish brown colour, specific gravity 1-212, and should dissolve wholly in a mixture of two parts of rectified spirits and one part of water.

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. 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.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus; including the new French medicines, as well as ... veterinary drugs, patent medicines ... paints, varnishes, and similar articles — A new supplement to the pharmacopoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris; forming a complete dispensatory and conspectus; including the new French medicines, as well as ... veterinary drugs, patent medicines ... paints, varnishes, and similar articlPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-339487.
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