Hydrargyri Ammon. Chloridi gr. xv. Zinci Oxidi 3j.
l'aselini Albi 3x. Misce.
Fiat Ungttentunt.
Carbolic Acid is often useful. A r in 6o lotion may be sponged over the skin at night, or carbolic oil (r in 2o) may he smeared over the body at bed-time, or any firm ointment may be employed. Lanoline, which alone is an excellent sedative in pruritus senilis, may be combined with the carbolic acid. Creosote is better than carbolic acid, and the following combination is excellent: Creosote (Beechwood) I dr., Lanoline 2 oz.
For Pruritus vulvae Machiavelli recommends the following: Carbonate of Sodium 2 5 , Eau de Cologne 75, Glycerin Distilled Water 300, followed in bad cases by compresses soaked in the following: Hydrochloride of Cocaine I, Alcohol Too, Distilled Water 300, but the free use of cocaine in the long run always aggravates every form of local pruritus.
Startin's lotion consists of drs. each of Borax and Carbonate of Ammonia, T oz. Glycerin, 3 drs. Dilute Hydrocyanic Acid, and Water to r6 oz. To be diluted with 2 or 4 times as much water before application.
Julien uses the following in pruritus vulvae: A cidi Salicylici 3j. Zinci Oxidi Purif. Glycerini A ntyli Fiat Unguentnnt.
Chloretone (r in zoo) is a valuable application, but as pruritus of the vulva is always due either to local causes or to glycosuria or diabetes, a careful search should be made for the causal clement.
The writer has found that Ungt. Conii alone or mixed with ro per cent. Creosote or Carbolic Acid is the best routine. Dry Bismuth Garb. and Oxide are often most soothing and Zinc Oxide may he similarly dusted on.
Pruritus Aril can only be treated after a careful search for and the removal of the exciting cause as described under Anus, Pruritus of, on p. 5o.
Tar, Liquor Carbonis Detergens, Calomel, Camphor, White Precipitate, Friar's Balsam, Borax, Chloral, Corrosive Sublimate, Ichthyol, Iodoform, Naphthol, Petroleum, Bismuth, Nitrate of Silver, Sulphur, Salicylic Acid, Alum, Zinc Carbonate, Tannin, Lead Salts, Acetic Acid, &c., are examples of drugs which have been found useful in local and general pruritus, and formulm might be multiplied to the extent of the present volume. Enough has been given to show the principles upon which relief of the itching may be obtained by the use of local and constitutional agents.