PINUS PICEA. 
31 
recooiniend it to their notice in all cases of fever. Externally applied, 
oil of turpentine acts as a rubefacient ; applied to the skin of many 
animals, it produces blisters, and occasions them much pain. As a 
remedy for extensive burns and scalds it is now generally resorted to, 
having been first recommended by Dr. Kentish of Newcastle. Dr. 
Kentish directs the injured part to be first bathed with oil of turpen- 
tine, alcohol, or tincture of camphor, heated by standing in boiling 
water ; he then covers it with rags dipped in a liniment composed 
of oil of turpentine and yellow resin melted together ; these are to 
be renewed once a day, taking care to remove only one piece of 
cloth at a time, that the injured surface may be exposed to the air 
as little as possible ; at the second dressing the parts are directed 
to be washed with spirits of wine. As the inflamrbation subsides, 
less stimulating applications are to be used, as proof spirit, or tinc- 
ture of opium ; and when the secretion of pus commences, the parts 
are to be covered with powdered chalk, or the ceratum plumbi ace- 
tatis, or ceratum lapidis calaminaris. During the progress of the 
cure, and after the inflammatory action has subsided, aether, alcohol, 
and other stimulants are to be given in conjunction with opium. By 
this mode of treatment. Dr. Kentish has cured some very extensive 
burns, and we can bear full testimony to the efficacy of the practice. 
In slight burns the immediate application of the liniment described 
above will generally be found sufficient to effect a cure. 
Oil of torpentine is also extensively used in the arts, as in the 
making of varnishes, by painters in oil, &c. 
