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Poultice of Yeast

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Use not statedUse not stated PreparationPoultice RouteTopical use

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It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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Historical use wording: diarrhoea

Source: Domestic medicine and surgery : with a glossary of the terms used therein by Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810-1888 (1875), narrative-offset-997213.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Yeast: Some people add hot vinegar to wet it with. * (б) Therapeutical effects. — Stimulant, and often inclined to blister the skin. (c) Used as a rapid counter-irritant. (E) Poultice of Yeast. (а) Mix 5 ounces of yeast, with an equal quantity of water, at 100 de- grees ; with these stir up a pound of flour, so as to make a poultice ; place it by the lire till it swells, and use. (б) Stimulant, emollient. (c) Used to indole

Method as extracted

  1. Pound according to the source passage: Some people add hot vinegar to wet it with. * (б) Therapeutical effects. — Stimulant, and often inclined to blister the skin. (c) Used as a rapid counter-irritant. (E) Poultice of Yeast. (а) Mix 5 ounces of yeast, with an equal quantity of water, at 100 de- grees ; with these stir up a pound of flour, so as to make a poultice ; place it by the lire till it swells, and use. (б) Stimulant, emollient. (c) Used to indolent abscesses and sores. Powder, a finely divided and dry material. (A) Powder of Antimony {com- pound). (a) Physical properties. — A dull, white, insipid powder. (6) Therapeutical effects. — Diapho- retic and alterative. (c) Used in febrile diseases. (fZ) Dose. — 3 to 10 grains. (b) Powder of Chalk with Opiu.m {compound). {a) A mixture of chalk, spice, and opium. (6) Therapeutical effects. — Anti-acid and anodyne. (c) Used in diarrhoea, but requires caution on account of the opium. {d) Dose. — 5 to 20 grains. (c) Po'WDER OF Ipecacuanha {com- pound).— Dover's powder. {a) Physical properties. — Compound of opium, ipecacuanha, and sulphate of potass. (6) Therapeutical effects. — Diapho- retic, anodyne, and narcotic. (c) Used to produce perspiration in rheumatism and dysentery, &c. {d) Dose. — 5 to 10 grains.

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, 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

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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.
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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic, toxic metal or mineral.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine and surgery : with a glossary of the terms used therein — Domestic medicine and surgery : with a glossary of the terms used thereinPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-997213.
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