Goulard's Extract 1230994 194033676 2008-02-25T22:36:12Z Phil Bridger 4400848 add refs and remove notability tag '''Goulard's Extract''' (also known as '''subacetate of lead''') is a solution of [[lead acetate]]<ref>{{cite book |title=A System of Chemistry |last=Thomson |first=Thomas |year=1810 |publisher=Bell & Bradfute |location=London |pages=v. 3,p. 275 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HhwJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA275&dq=%22Goulard%27s+Extract%22&num=100&as_brr=1 }}</ref> and lead oxide used as an [[astringent]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pereira |first=Jon. |title=Materia Medica, or Pharmacology, and General Therapeutics |date=1836-05-28 |journal=London Medical Gazette |volume=18 |pages=314 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uiqZRrPgoLcC&pg=PA314&dq=%22Goulard%27s+Extract%22+%2Bastringent&num=100&as_brr=1 |accessdate= 2008-02-25 }}</ref> during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. It was named after its introducer, [[Thomas Goulard]]. [[Lead|Lead's]] [[carcinogenic]] properties, as well as the development of more effective astringents, led to doctors abandoning its use. Goulard's Extract was a primary ingredient in both Goulard's Cerate and Goulard's Water. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Orphan|date=September 2006}} {{treatment-stub}} [[Category:Lead compounds]]