Patent and Proprietary Medicines. Part 15

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This section is from the "Encyclopedia Of Practical Receipts And Processes" book, by William B. Dick. Also available from Amazon: Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes.

Patent and Proprietary Medicines. Part 15

5286. M'Kenzie's Ointment

5286. M'Kenzie's Ointment. Powdered sulphate of zinc, 4 ounces; liquid storax, 1 ounce; melted lard, 16 ounces. Mix by means of heat and triturate over a water-bath for about an hour. A useful application for tetter and scald-head. Apply night and morning, first washing the part with Castile soap and warm water.

5287. Conklin's Salve

5287. Conklin's Salve. Take resin, 12 ounces; bees'-wax, mutton suet, and tallow, of each 1 ounce. Melt together, strain the mixture through muslin, and work into rolls in a bath of cold water.

5288. Newell's Compound Tar Ointment

5288. Newell's Compound Tar Ointment. Lard and mutton suet, of each 12 ounces; tar, 6 ounces; bees'-wax, 3 ounces; powdered black hellebore, 4 drachms; melt and strain, then add flowers of sulphur, 4 ounces. Used for tetters, salt rheum, itch, etc..

5289. Turner's Cerate

5289. Turner's Cerate. Take of sweet oil, 2 pounds; yellow wax, carbonate of zinc, powdered, of each 1 pound. Mix at a low heat.

5290. Allison's Tobacco Ointment for Gathered Breasts

5290. Allison's Tobacco Ointment for Gathered Breasts. Tobacco leaves (fresh and sliced), 10 ounces; dilute acetic acid, 4 pints; basilicon ointment {see No. 4964 (Basilicon Ointment)), 13 ounces. Boil the tobacco in the acid, strain and evaporate the decoction over a warm bath to 4 fluid ounces; add this to the basilicon ointment, heated, and stir the whole together until cold. Apply spread upon linen or soft kid skin.

5291. Allison's Acetated Ointment of Tobacco

5291. Allison's Acetated Ointment of Tobacco. Tobacco leaves, sliced, 10 ounces; cider vinegar (or officinal dilute acetic acid), 4 pints; basilicon ointment (see No. 4964 (Basilicon Ointment)), 13 ounces. Boil the tobacco in vinegar to 1 pint, strain, reduce in a water-bath to 6 fluid ounces, and add this fluid extract to the melted ointment, stirring constantly till it is cool. A fine remedy for gathered breasts.

5292. Parrish's Compound Ointment of Tobacco

5292. Parrish's Compound Ointment of Tobacco. Basilicon ointment (see No. 4964 (Basilicon Ointment)), 13 ounces troy; powdered camphor, 29 drachms; extract of belladonna, 2 ounces; fluid extract of tobacco (made as in the above formula), 6 ounces. Dissolve the extract of belladonna in the fluid extract of tobacco and add to the melted ointment, in which the camphor should be previously dissolved. Stir constantly till cool. Dr. Parrish has stated, in the New Jersey Medical Reporter, that he uses this ointment in nearly every case of mammary abscess, with entire satisfaction.