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Poultice of OF ULCERS

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.

Documented in sourcePoultice PreparationPoultice RouteTopical use

Poultice

Poultice is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.

The intended use is stated in the extracted primary-source passage.

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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Historical use wording: Mortification, The patient should cover the part with a poultice of port wine and linseed meal, or of stale beer grounds and meal, renewing it every e

Source: Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ... by Graham, Thomas John, 1795?-1876 (1829), narrative-offset-1538222.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • OF ULCERS: the draught of carbonate of ammonia, laudanum, and camphor mixture, as advised at page 46‘8, every four hours ; and make use of a generous diet

Method as extracted

  1. Pound according to the source passage: The treatment is precisely the same as we have recommended for Mortification, The patient should cover the part with a poultice of port wine and linseed meal, or of stale beer grounds and meal, renewing it every eight or ten hours ; he should take the draught of carbonate of ammonia, laudanum, and camphor mixture, as advised at page 46‘8, every four hours ; and make use of a generous diet.

Live editorial status

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  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ... — Modern domestic medicine or, A popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame ...Primary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1538222.
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