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Physician's Materia Medica on Croton Oil
CROTON OIL
The oil obtained from the seeds of CROTON TIGLIUM, Lin. An energetic cathartic, remarkable for the rapidity of its operation hence used whereaprompt effect is imperative. Externally u-el as a counter-irritant, causing pustulation. Dose, 0.006 to .012 c. c. (1-10 to 2 M. Excessive doses may produce serious and even iat.-i effects.1
The oil obtained from the seeds of CROTON TIGLIUM, Lin. An energetic cathartic, remarkable for the rapidity of its operation hence used whereaprompt effect is imperative. Externally u-el as a counter-irritant, causing pustulation. Dose, 0.006 to .012 c. c. (1-10 to 2 M. Excessive doses may produce serious and even iat.-i effects.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.