Merck's 1899 Manual
Chapter 165 : Myrtol. Naphtol. Pota.s.sium Carbonate. Rhus Toxicodendron. Silver Nitrate. Sozoiodole

Myrtol.

Naphtol.

Pota.s.sium Carbonate.

Rhus Toxicodendron.

Silver Nitrate.

Sozoiodole salts.

Zinc Sulphate.

~Herpes Circinatus.~--_See Tinea Circinata._

~Herpes Tonsurans~ (_Pityriasis Rosea_).--_See also, Seborrhea._

Acid, Carbolic: 2 parts with 3 parts each glycerin and water, applied twice daily.

Alkalies: internally, often control mild cases.

Baths: followed by shampooing and brisk friction.

Borax: saturated solution, to cleanse scalp; or glycerite, as paint.

Chrysarobin.

Cod-Liver Oil or Linseed Oil: as lotion.

Gaduol: as tonic.

Ichthalbin: internally, as alterative tonic and regulator of digestive functions.

Lead-Subacetate Solution: with equal part glycerin and 2 parts water, as lotion when inflammation high.

Mercury: internally in obstinate cases; Donovan's solution highly successful.

Mercury-Ammonium Chloride: as 1 per cent. ointment.

Mercury Oleate, 5 per cent.: as paint.

Mercury Iodide: as 2 per cent. ointment.

Pyrogallol.

Sozoiodole-Mercury.

Sozoiodole-Pota.s.sium.

Sulphur: as 1 to 8 ointment every morning; with almond-oil inunction at night.

Sulphurated Pota.s.sa: 1/2 oz. to pint lime water, as lotion.

Thyraden: as stimulant of cutaneous circulation.

~Herpes Zoster.~

Acid, Carbolic.

Aconite and Opium: locally.

Alcohol: locally.

Atropine.

Belladonna.

Calomel.

Celandine.

Chloroform.

Collodion.

Copper Acetate.

Dulcamara.

Europhen.

Ferri Perchloridum.

Galvanism.

Ichthalbin: internally.

Ichthyol: locally.

Iodole.

Levico Water.

Menthol.

Mercury.