SULPHUR SUBLIMATUM
\sˈʌlfə sˌʌblɪmˈe͡ɪtəm], \sˈʌlfə sˌʌblɪmˈeɪtəm], \s_ˈʌ_l_f_ə s_ˌʌ_b_l_ɪ_m_ˈeɪ_t_ə_m]\
Definitions of SULPHUR SUBLIMATUM
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Is the sulphur of commerce, sublimed in close vessels. Sulphur is possessed of stimulant, laxative, and diaphoretic properties. As a laxative, it is used in hemorrhoidal and other affections. In the itch, applied externally and taken internally, it has been considered as a specific, and it is a valuable remedy in most cutaneous affections that are local. Dose, 3ss to 3ij. The fasces or dregs, left in the purification or sublimation of sulphur, are called Horse Brimstone, Dregs of Sulphur vivum, Sulphur caballinum seu vivum, Sulphuris vivi recrementa. They are very impure, and are only used externally.
By Robley Dunglison
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