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DOUGLASS W. MONTGOMERY, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(5):1064-1066.

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I first became aware of the starch poultice through Sabouraud¹ and of the addition of boric acid to it through Macleod,² who, possibly from an appreciation of its value, has placed directions for making it at the head of his list of remedies.

In prelisterian medicine the poultice occupied a too prominent place, and its subsequent neglect has been partly a reversion from this excess. One of the chief reasons, however, why the poultice has fallen into desuetude is undoubtedly the dirty appearance and messiness of the linseed poultice, for cleanliness has now become a cult. The starch poultice, however, when well made, is a clean-looking white jelly, not repugnant to the tidiest nurse.

The old-fashioned linseed poultice had excellent qualities, some of which were not mentioned in books on therapeutics. When the condition of the patient is grave, for example, persons often crowd around the physician and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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