blistering

collodion, composed of a. powdered chloroform extract of cantharides 60, in flexible collodion 85 employed externally as a blistering fluid, c. elas'ticum, c. flexile, c. flex'ile (U.S. and Br.), flexible collodion, made by adding castor oil 30, Canada turpentine 3°. to coUodium 920; the B. P. has i castor oil, 3 Canada turpentine, and 48 collodium; used for the same purposes as collodium, over which its film po e es the advantage for certain cases of not contracting, c. haemostat'icum, c. stypticum. c. io'di (N.P.), iodized collodion; a s per cent, solution of iodine in flexible collodion; counterirritant, c. iodofor'mi (N.F.), iodoform-coUodion; a 5 per cent, solution of iodoform in flexible collodion, employed locally, c. salicyl'ici compos'itum (N.F.), compound salicylated collodion; salicylic acid 11, extract of Indian hemp 2, alcohol 10, flexible collodion to make 100; employed externally for the removal of corns. t. styp'tlcum (N.F.), styptic collodion, styptic colloid, collodium haemostat i cum, xylostyptic ether; made of tannic acid 20, in flexible collodion 80; employed as an astringent and local hemostatic, c. tig'lii (N.F.), croton-oil collodion; 10 per cent, solution of croton oil in flexible collodion; counterirritant. c. vesi'cans (Br.), c. canthari datum.