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PYOGENIC DERMAL INFECTIONS 



cases — e.g., two or three ceridin pills twice daily. Ichthyol tablets 

 (gr. v.), twice daily, may also be given, or calcium sulphide (gr. J) 

 may be administered, but their beneficial effect is doubtful. Diluted 

 sulphuric acid ([T|^xx.-xxx.), well diluted, every four hours may be 

 tried. Occasionally a small boil may be aborted by applying a 

 droplet of pure carbohc acid by means of a pointed pencil of wood 

 drilled into the centre of the papule, or four or five drops of i in 30 

 solution of carbohc acid may be injected beneath the boil, or 

 Unna's carbohc and mercury plaster may be used, or spirit of 



Fig. 798. — Purulent Folliculitis of the Legs and Thighs. 



camphor may be apphed several times daily. For old indurated 

 boils the continuous application of a carbolic lotion (2 to 5 per cent.) 

 on lint occasionahy causes them to become absorbed. Large boils 

 in which suppuration has taken place should be opened, but it is 

 a mistake to open them too soon. As a preventive, a salicylic- 

 alcoholic lotion (i to 2 per cent.), used after the daily bath, is 

 advantageous, and it is also advisable to use a little Condy's fluid 

 or cyllin in the bath. 



Stanoxyl by the mouth only is not satisfactory, but is said to give good 

 results when administered in baths. 



