This section is from the book "A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin", by Henry G. Piffard. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin.
A. Excreted in part by the skin, 2, 196; 7, 387.
B. Irritates, congests, and increases the sensitiveness of the skin, provokes diaphoresis by stimulating the capillary vessels and sudoriparous glands, 24, 1: 668. Redness, heat, and vesicular eruption, 2, 196; 13, 160.
C. Purpura, 4, 461; 73, 234.
D. Traumatic erysipelas, eczema, pernio, 17, 368. Ulcers, 1, 297.
Alopecia areata, Duckworth, 167, 8: 166; Thomson, 44, 592. Trichophytosis corporis, frost-bite, 203.
The officinal preparations are: Oleum Terebinthinoe and Linimentum Terebinthinoe.
 
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