cerate

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Putting the cerate on before retiring answers very well.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

"I am willing—yes, I can say I am anxious, even—to go into battle," he continued, while Dr. Paul Denslow laid plasters of simple cerate on the abraded palms, and then swathed them in bandages.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

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)

Poultice for a few days, then cerate of lapis calaminaris, as in herpes.

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

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