cerate
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Use this blister: Simple cerate, 4 ounces; cantharides, 3 drachms; bin iodide mercury, 2 drachms.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
When ulcers form they should be poulticed with bread and water for a day or two, and then dressed with calamine cerate.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
Before the hands are washed, rub them thoroughly with a little of the cerate, then wash them as usual.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
Rubbed together with cerate, or lard, powdered Savin is used for maintaining the sores of blisters, and of issues, open when it is desired to keep up their derivative action.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Ointment of tar and suet; or poultice for two or three days, and then cerate with lapis calaminaris.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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