Basilicon, or basilicum, is the name given to various ointments that were believed to have 'sovereign' virtues. One such example was an unguent composed of rosin, wax, pitch, and oil, which pre-modern surgeons used as a suppurative.
The German physician Wilhelm Fabry described the use of basilicon ointments in the treatment of burns. English physicians in the early nineteenth century reported their use in the prevention of gangrene.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Basilicon". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
References
- Kirkpatrick, J. J.; Curtis, B.; Fitzgerald, A. M.; Naylor, I. L. (October 1995). "A modern translation and interpretation of the treatise on burns of Fabricius Hildanus (1560-1634)". British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 48 (7): 460–470. doi:10.1016/0007-1226(95)90121-3. ISSN 0007-1226. PMID 7551524.
- Crowther, John (April 1802). "A Successful Mode of Preventing Gangrene in Compound Fractures: As Practised by Messrs. William, Robert, and John Crowther, in the West Riding of Yorkshire". The Medical and Physical Journal. 7 (38): 307–310. ISSN 0267-0100. PMC 5668829. PMID 30490588.
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