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EXTRACTS FROM GERMAN PERIODICALS. 
FOR ULCERATING WOUNDS. 
B Ac. salicylic, 
Ac. boric, 
Zinci oxid, 
Amyli pulv aa § i, 
M. et. f. Pulv. 
Sig.—To be used as a drying powder.— Therap . Monatsh. 
Block, of Oeseda, has used the following epispastic with 
great success in the removal of painful conditions incidental 
to exostoses about the phalanges, tarsal articulations, cold 
abscesses and chronic sprains : 
ft Ung. canth., § i, 
Firch. canth., 
Firch euphorb. aa 3 ss, 
Ol. crotonis, gtt. xxxx, 
Hydrarg. biiod. rub., 3 i, 
Butyri. insulsi, 3 i. 
M. et f. unguentum. 
Sig.—Apply sufficient to the clipped surface, and by 
means of a heated iron one inch from the skin facilitate the 
absorption. 
Buquet applies the following in alopecia with remarkable 
results : 
ft Ol. cinnamonie, chin., 3 iiss, 
Aeth. sulph., 3 i- 
M. 
The hair upon the part is cut as short as possible, and the 
application made once per day, by means of a tuft of cotton ; 
washing or otherwise cleansing of the spot is to be forbidden. 
Cases of long standing, from one to four years, were con¬ 
cealed by hirsute fiber in a very short time. 
As an anthelmintic against tape and round worms, Dr. 
T. Clemens, of Frankfort-on-Main, recommends creolin and 
lysol. A tania which had resisted the action of numerous 
