Calamine ointment

Zinc carbonate and zinc oxide are constituents of calamine lotion. Zinc oxide, an antiseptic, is present in zinc ointment and in cosmetic powders. 

Eye Contact Wash eyes immediately with copious amounts of water for at least 15 min apply an ophthalmic corticosteroid ointment after decontamination treat delayed erythema with a bland shake lotion (such as calamine lotion) or a topical corticosteroid depending on severity do not wear contact lenses when working with this chemical seek medical attention immediately. 

Zinc carbonate is found as the mineral calamine, and it is used in skin ointments as is zinc oxide. These are applied as creams to treat several types of skin rashes. 

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Creams tend to be invisible on the skin. The same is true for ointments, although the oiliness of ointments causes them to glisten to an extent. Whatever opacity creams and ointments have is due primarily to the presence of insoluble soHds. These often imbue applications with a powdery or even crusty appearance. Dispersed soHds are usually functional, as in calamine lotion, zinc sulfide lotion, zinc oxide paste, and so on, and are an implacable feature of these preparations. However, at times insoluble soHds are added as tints to match the color of the skin and to impart opacity. Since individual skins vary widely in hue (pigmentation) and texture, tinting to a single color and texture is generally unsuccessful. 

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Shortly after the appearance of the gas casualty chest in 1S>42, a small gas casualty first-aid kit, evolved from the earlier plant kit, was standardized and issued on the basis of one to each twenty-five individuals and as an accessory of vehicular equipment. Its contents, based on developments reported in TM 8-285, were dichloramine-T in triacetin, hydrogen peroxide solution, copper sulfate solution. Ml eye solution, amyl nitrite, pontacaine ointment, and M4 protective ointment. Three years later, in 1945, this same first-aid kit contained BAL ointment, chloroform, amyl nitrite, copper sulfate, eye and nose drops, calamine lotion, and the M5 protective ointment kit, the latter consisting of four tubes of M5 protective ointment and one tube of BAL eye ointment. Over 250,000 of these kits were procured for shipment overseas. 

Calamine is prepared by mixing zinc oxide with sufficient ferric oxide to obtain a product of desired color. The name is also applied to a native form of zinc silicate which is not suitable for making medicinal calamine. Calamine is used as an astringent and in protective lotions and ointments for treatment of sunburn and poison ivy. 

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