milk-crust

A decoction of the herb makes a curative lotion for the milk-crust which disfigures the scalp of an infant, and for grown up persons troubled with chronic eruptions on the face, or freckles.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

It is given medicinally for the milk-crust of infants, as well as for internal haemorrhages, the dose being from two to ten drops three or four times in the day, with a spoonful of water.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

-- As milk-crust is a tedious affair, and will require a variety of treatment, it will be necessary to consult an experienced medical man; and although he will be able to afford great relief, the child will not, in all probability, be quite free from the eruption until he have cut the whole of his first set of teeth -- until he be upwards of two years and a half old -- when, with judicious and careful treatment, it will gradually disappear, and eventually leave not a trace behind.

Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Pye Henry Chavasse 1844