4944. Ammoniacal Ointment

4944.    Ammoniacal Ointment. Melt 1 ounce each of suet and lard, in a strong widc-mouthed bottle; add 2 ounces liquor of ammonia of specific gravity .923, and close tho bottle immediately. Then mix, by shaking tho bottle, until the contents harden. The fat should not bo heated any more than is sufficient to melt it, to prevent unnecessary loss of ammonia.

4945. Catechu Ointment for Tropical Climates

4945.    Catechu Ointment for Tropical Climates. An astringent ointment may be prepared, which is not likely to become soon rancid, as is the case with ointments made with fat. Melt 4 ounces resin in 1/2 pint olive oil; add 1 ounce alum and 3 ounces catechu, both finely powdered.

4946. Stramonium Ointment

4946.    Stramonium Ointment. Mash i bushel of green stramonium, or jimson leaves, to a pulp (this is best done by mashing a few leaves at a time), put the pulp in an iron kettle over a slow fire. Add 21/2 pounds fresh lard, and simmer to a crisp. Strain and box for use. Or: Take extract of stramonium, 1 drachm; lard, 1 ounce, and mix by trituration. This ointment is excellent for strengthening broken limbs after the bones have healed. It is also good for skin diseases, painful piles, ulcers, burns and scalds. It is probably the best ointment that can bo kept in a family for general use. .

4947. Mercurial or Citrine Ointment

4947.      Mercurial or Citrine Ointment. Dissolve by gentle heat, 4 ounces mercury (quicksilver) in 70 fluid drachms nitric acid of specific gravity 1.5; add the liquid to 15 ounces lard and 32 fluid ounces olive oil; stir together, increasing tho heat until tho mixture froths. Keep it in air-tight earthenware or glass vessels.

4948. Mild Mercurial Ointment

4948.      Mild Mercurial Ointment. This is made by mixing 1 pound mercurial ointment with 2 pounds lard.

4949. Magnetic Adeps

4949.    Magnetic Adeps. This is a prepared fat used tor making mercurial ointment, as it will reduce 30 to 40 times its weight of quicksilver to salve. It is made by pouring melted lard, in a small stream, into cold water, placing the thin fragments thus obtained in a sieve covered with paper, or other suitable apparatus, and exposing it to the air for 3 or 4 months.

4950. Ointment of Iodide of Sulphur

4950.    Ointment of Iodide of Sulphur. Reduce 30 grains iodide of sulphur to a fine powder, rub it with a small portion taken from 1 troy ounce lard, then add the remainder of tho ounce of lard, and mix them thoroughly. (U. S. Th.) .

4951. Ointment of Borax

4951.      Ointment of Borax. This is also called Pomade de Toscanic. Take of borax in very fine powder, 1 drachm avoirdupois ; spermaceti ointment, 1 ounce; mix by trituration. In excoriations, chaps, etc.. It also forms an excellent lip-salve. A drop of neroli, or 1/2 drop of otto of roses, renders it more agreeable