286 ON FULIGOKALI AND ANTHROKOKALI. 
solve some of the various constituents of these organized bo- 
dies. In the case of the soot all the empyreumatic oil is taken 
up by the lixivium of potash. 
These substances have been employed with advantage in 
tetter, scrofulous and chronic rheumatic affections, and gouty 
calcareous concretions of the joints. Their properties are re- 
solutive, detersive, and slightly stimulating. Their internal 
use has not been attended with much success; but externally 
their use appears to have fully answered the expectations re- 
garding them. An ointment may be prepared from either of 
these substances, in the proportion of one part to thirty parts 
of lard, which may be applied to the affected parts twice 
a-day. 
Fuliginous preparations have long since been employed for 
their tonic and antiseptic properties. What might be con- 
sidered a weak solution of fuligokali has been used for many 
years in thi3 city under the various names of medical lye, 
soot tea, alkaline solution, and dyspeptic lye, by Drs. Physick, 
Dewees, and others. 
