Note 653 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 7)
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Guy’s Powder or Ethiopia. This once celebrated remedy consisted of pure rasped Tin, Mercury, and Sublimed Sulphur, triturated together.
Blaine’s Powder for the Distemper in Dogs. The basis of this nostrum is the Aurum Musivum, or Sulphuret of Tin, and which has been said to be more efficacious in cases of Tænia than the simple metal.
Mathieu’s Vermifuge was indebted to Tin for its efficacy, see Filicis Radix.