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Show EUROPEAN OLIVE. ss ruth ws Seel ah ie. 18 EUROPEAN OLIVE. that oil rubbedover the bodyhe found of great service in dropsies, especially Ascites ; this from the supposed absorption of ™ ater Melt all together over a gentle fire, stirring briskly, without in. termission, till the ointment becomes cold. Also in their Cerare or SrermMacerr (Ceratum Spermatis Ceti) : thus, from the atmosphere, whichis thought to influence this disease. This practice is worthyof consideration, for the oil bartels the skin, and lessens the inflammation produced fromdistension Ms Woodville says, that oil is good in nephritic complaints, spasms, colics, worms, &c.; but in this he only follows the fan~ ciful enumeration of virtues so profusely given to several, arti- Take of spermaceti, half an ounce, ————. white wax, two ounces, olive oil, four ounces: Melt them together, and keep stirring themtill the cerate cools, Also in the Ornrmenr or Aceraren Crruse (Unguentum Cerusse acetate, olim Unguentum Saturninum, P. Li.) Take of acetated ceruse, two drachms, white wax, two ounces, ———— olive oil, haif a pint: cles in the Materia Medica. Oil, and fats of all kind, and butter are supposedbad against the bile + : but by bile is meanta weak state of the stomach, and when anacidity prevails there, the oil becomes rancid, and this is knownto disorder most stomachs. PREPARATIONS. Rub theacetated ceruse into a powder with some part of the Oil is usefully employed in clysters, to softeu indurated faces, oil; then add this to the wax afterit has been melted along with the rest of the oil, and stir the mixture till it is cold, and make thempass easy, as in the common domestic clyster, a tea-spoonful of salt, a dessert-spoonful of olive oil, and half-a- And in the Cerare* or Acetaren Litwarce (Ceratum Li- pint of warmgruel. thargyri acetati, P. L.): Oil united with alkali forms soap, and wherethere is a defect ofbile, pills of Castille soap, four or five, with a little rhubarb, Take of the water of acetated litharge, two ounces anda half, ——— yellow wax, four ounces, have produced great benefit. olive oil, nine ounces, Oil enters into the composition of several ointments, as the —————. camphor, half a drachm: following: Rub the camphor with a little of the oil; dissolve the wax Tue Wax Orntment (Unguentum Cere, olim Unguentum with the rest of the oil; and as soon as they begin to tu thicken, add the water of acetated litharge, and keep stirring till they cool; then mix the camphor which had been rubbed with the oil. album, P. L.): Take of white wax, four ounces, spermaceti, three ounces, olive oil, a pint: Mix themtogether over a gentle fire, and then stir them very briskly, without ceasing, till theyare cold. Andin what the Royal College call the O1ntment or SpERMA~ ceri (Unguentum Spermaceti, olim Linimentum album,), which is thus ordered: Take of spermaceti, six drachms, white wax, two drachms, olive oil, three ounces: « fanine 7 These softe ning ointm entsyinand cerates are supposed only to ‘ ; supple the hace parts, and hinder the rag or lint from sticking to 1 ° . 3 the granulating 2 flesh ; for which purposeoil“ais spread over bread and milk poultices, or the poultice of linseed~meal, being soft unirrifating applications to the part: and they are thought i also oa TAea he air fr to keep Acs j the is air from wr ounds, I 7 ; which is known to irritate them, ram the oxygen in the air, but to have otherwise no peculiar healing virtue, . * The usual remedies for the dropsy are to be employed at the same + Bile is a composition of oil and alkali, a kind of soap ; and the use of the omentumseems to be to furnish fat oroil for the composition of bile, se little is the bile injured by oil. . . . . L , al oiSs renee { time. 19 Ointments, : Viniments, and Cerates diffe r principally from plasters in their consis E tency. A plaste r reduced bythe addition of oil to the consistence of honey will form an ointment, , and by softeni ng it with more oil it me becomes then a liniment. Cerates Al have astiffer consistency than either, these kinds of compositions should be melted down witha gentle heat and are commonly spread on soft linen rag, or lint. cZ |