115. _In Ringworm and Scalled head_ the following ointment has been found useful: Sulphate of Copper in powder, 20 grains; powdered Galls, 1 drachm; Ceromel, 1 ounce. Mix them thoroughly, and rub well into the diseased spot. _In Prickly Heat_, a lotion of the Sulphate of Copper (10 grains to one ounce of water, or Rose water) often affords more relief than any other application.
116. _Excessive Bleeding from Leechbites_ may often be speedily arrested by the application of a little powdered Sulphate of Copper. _In Bleeding from the Nose_, a solution of 4 grains of the Sulphate in one ounce of water introduced into the nostril, is sometimes effectual when Alum fails.
117. _In Poisoning by Opium_, _Datura_, _Nux Vomica_, _Cocculus Indicus_, _Bish_ (_Aconite_), _Arsenic_, _&c._, where the poison has been swallowed, an emetic should at once be given to evacuate the contents of the stomach. For this purpose, Sulphate of Copper may be advantageously employed—5 grains in a pint of tepid water, taken at a draught. If this does not operate in half an hour it may be repeated; and a third dose, even, may be given if necessary, but this quantity should not be exceeded; as, unless it is vomited up, it remains in the stomach, and in large quantities is itself capable of acting as a poison. Its operation should be promoted by copious draughts of warm water. Its use as an emetic should be _limited to cases of poisoning when it is of the greatest importance to empty the stomach as rapidly as possible_. In other cases it _is not a safe or manageable emetic_. White of egg is the best remedy if the Sulphate causes any unpleasant effects.
118. +Croton Seeds.+ The seeds of Croton Tiglium, _Linn._
Jépál, Jamál-gótá (_Hind._), Jamál-guttah (_Duk._), Jépál, Jamál-gotá (_Beng._, _Punj._), Nérválam kottai (_Tam._), Népála-vittulu (_Tel._), Nirválam (_Mal._) Jápálada-bíjá (_Can._), Népálácha-bi (_Mah._), Jamlá-gota (_Guz._), Jápála, Jaipála (_Cing._), Kanakho-si, Sa-díva, Ta-díva (_Burm._), Buah doomkian (_Malay_).
119. The Croton seeds met with in Indian bazaars are often spoilt by long keeping, &c.; they should, when practicable, be collected fresh when required for use. They are about the size of a grain of coffee, oval, rounded, of an imperfectly quadrangular form, with a thin brittle light-coloured shell, containing a yellowish albuminous kernel, enclosing a large leafy embryo; inodorous; taste at first mild, subsequently acrid and pungent. In their natural state they are violently purgative, and even in small quantity poisonous.