cerate
Example Sentences
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He extracted this, and, until cicatrization was complete, he dressed the stump with saturnine cerate.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
No. 2.—Take of simple cerate 1 oz.; creosote 1 drachm; calomel 30 grains: mix and use in the same manner as the first.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Treatment.—The treatment for inflammation of the vein is to clip the hair from along the course of the affected vessel and apply a blister, the cerate of cantharides.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
After a few days dress the wound with Turner's cerate.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
After its removal, the part may be exposed, or, if very painful, smeared over with fresh cream or common cerate.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Thomas Bull
