cerate

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A little simple cerate should be spread on lint, and be applied every morning to the part affected, and a white-bread poultice, every night, until it is quite healed.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry

After a few days dress the wound with Turner's cerate.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Half a pound of white wax, half a pound of calumine stone finely powdered, and a pint and a half of olive oil, will make an excellent cerate.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

M. M. Cover the eruption with cerate made with lapis calaminaris, to be renewed every day.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Liquor carbonis detergens, in ointment, one to three drachms to the ounce of simple cerate and lanolin is a mild tarry application which is often useful.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman