cerate

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This must be removed by applying a little powdered alum,—or, if this fail, it should be once or twice slightly touched with blue-stone, and afterwards dressed with calamine cerate.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas

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

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

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

Their smart upon the mind is like cantharides on the skin but often requires something more than a cabbage leaf and cerate to heal it.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

Rub them together thoroughly, or melt the cerate and stir in the tincture while hot, and the oil as soon as it is nearly cold, then run into molds or rolls.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph