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(3) Iodine, one drachm. 

 Ointment of sulphur, one ounce. 



(4) Oleate of copper, one part. 

 Lard, four parts. 



(5) Oleate of mercury, one part. 

 Lard, two parts. 



Lotions. 



(1) Solution of sulphate of copper, one pint. 

 Sulphurous acid, one fluid ounce. 



This lotion is to be applied to the affected parts. 



(2) Sulphurous acid, f. gii. 

 Glycerine, f. 5iv. 

 Water, f. giv. 



Ulcerated Tongue. 



Simple ulceration of the tongue may be touched with 

 solution of nitrate of mercury, or with this mixed with 

 diluted nitric acid, or even with nitric acid itself. For 

 Actinomycosis see that heading. 



Umbilical Hernia. 



(1) Trusses. — A tampon of tow steeped in Venice turpen- 

 tine is put on the hernia, and fastened by a girth round 

 the body. 



(2) Caustics^ e.g.., mustard, acids, actual cautery, blistering 

 ointments, subcutaneous injection of Ij ounces of 15 per 

 cent, salt solution about an inch in front of, and also 

 behind the rupture, or of 4J ounces all round the ring. 

 Acids are better than blisters. Nitric and sulphuric acids 

 mixed in equal parts, and diluted with about four pints of 

 spirit, may be rubbed into the hernial sac daily, for about 

 six days. If the concentrated acid be used, it must be 



