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OIL OF TURFENTINK.

It Ure )’ ^ SUCC(X -ded admirably; in others it was of little or no service.

" as given in doses of a drachm, three times a day.an ] i, I' 1 tympanites. —To relieve flatulent distension of the stomachoil vtds > an d the colic thereby induced, both in infants and adults,do 0t Ulr l >e,,t i ne is a most valuable remedy. It should be given in fullSes , so as to act as a purgative; or when, from any circumstance, itcjv 't° l ex bibited by the mouth, it may be employed in the form oftile P ^ >1 ‘ ^amsbotham ( Lond. Med. Gaz. vol. xvi. p. 118) speaks in

nit U ^ les t terms of the efficacy of oil of turpentine in the acute tympa-calP i°^ ^ le P uer P cra l state, and thinks that most of the cases of the so-a t 1 Puerperal fever, which yielded to this oil, were in fact cases ofb’uipanitcs ; and in this opinion he is supported by Dr. Marshall

Jotf ^stinate Constipation. —Dr. Kinglake {Lond. Med. and Phys.t J«* vol. xlvi. p. 27*2), in a case of obstinate constipation, with aful Panitic c °udition of the intestines, found oil of turpentine a success-a Ss - C , a ^ ai 'tic, after the ordinary means of treating these cases had beenof U t Uous ly tried in vain. Dr. Paris ( Pharmacologia) also speaks highlyln obstinate constipation depending on affections of the brain.

S() , )' To assist the passage of Biliary Calculi. —A mixture of three partsas ' 1Ur ic ether and two parts oil of turpentine has been recommendedlun S °^, 011t f° r biliary calculi (Durande, Observ. sur I’Efficacite du Me-.ff*: f Ether sulph. et d'Huile volatile de Tlrtb. dans Coliques hepat.for J\ l ^ es l mr des Pierres Biliaires, 1790). But there is no foundationHiis 16 su PP os ition that the relief which may be obtained by the use ofp *>xt«re in icterus and during the passage of a biliary calculus, de-

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s °n the dissolution of the latter.

as • As an External Remedy. —Oil of turpentine is employed externally,tj 0n ^efacient, in numerous diseases, on the principle of counter-irrita-e Uh' ' e ^° re ex plained (p. 45). Thus, in the form of liniment, it is used,a jj. ei )b°t or cold, in chronic rheumatism, sprains, sore throat, neuralgicis Caions °f tlie extremities, &c. In the form of fomentation the hot oil} la a PPbed to produce redness of the skin in puerperal peritonitis, as IHie e i alread y mentioned. As a powerful local stimulant, it was recorn-s cal i ^ Kentish [Essay on Burns) as an application to burns and»at S ’ ^' S °bject being to restore the part gradually, not suddenly, to its*Ao -t state > as in tlie treatment of a case of frost-bite. The practice isw' successful when the local injury is accompanied with great consti-l la . na * depression. I can bear testimony to its efficacy in such cases,employed it in several most severe and dangerous burns with

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iy j la Ppiest results. In that form of gangrene which is not precededo ac . ai "mation, and is called dry or chronic, oil of turpentine mayto e asiona hy prove serviceable, especially when the disease affects theit i and feet of old people. There are many other topical uses to whichin been applied ; but as they are for the most part obsolete, at leastllo ti . US ] C0Llnlr y> I °mit any further mention of them. They are fully4 ^ . in the works of Yoigtel (Arzneimittell. Bd. ii. S. 260) and llichterdj ei af . W/ b^e//. Bd. ii. S. 74). Oil of turpentine is the principal ingre-a nd 111 Whitehead's Essence of Mustard, which contains also camphor^Portion of the spirits of rosemary. St. John Long's liniment con-tw °d of fur] ion tine and acetic acid, held in suspension by yolk of' r - Macreight, Lancet for 1837-8, vol. ii. p. 485).