This section is from the book "A Treatise On Therapeutics, And Pharmacology Or Materia Medica Vol2", by George B. Wood. Also available from Amazon: Part 1 and Part 2.
Creasote has properties, so far as regards the chest, very similar to those of the turpentines, and may be tried under similar circumstances. The dose is from one to three drops, which may be repeated three or four times a day in ordinary cases, but every two or three hours, when the symptoms are more urgent.
 
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