cerate

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The after treatment was some dressing like simple cerate.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Simple cerate, wax, spermaceti, or suet; or in some instances, a pulverulent substance, such as starch, boric acid, and zinc oxide.

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

He extracted this, and, until cicatrization was complete, he dressed the stump with saturnine cerate.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Use this blister: Simple cerate, 4 ounces; cantharides, 3 drachms; bin iodide mercury, 2 drachms.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

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 Fernie, William Thomas