Family Herbal - Electric Scotland

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are very useful, and our charitable shop should
not be without them,
1. The while ointment, railed unguent urn ; this
is made by melting together four ounces of white
wax, and three ounces of spermaceti, in a p.. i t f
sallad oil, an 1 addoig, if it be desired, tha j c
ounces of ceness, and a dram and half of camphire:
But it is better for all common purposes without
these.
2. Yellow basilicon, which is made by melting
together yellow wax, resin, and burgundy pitch,
of each half a pound, in a pint of oil of olives,
and adding three ounces of turpentine.
3. Black basilicon, which is made by melting
together in a pint of olive oil, yeliow wax, resin>
and pitch, of each nine ounces.
4. The mercurial ointment, which is thus made*
rub together in an iron mortar, a pound of quicksilver,
and an ounce of turpentine ; when thev are
well mixed, add four pounds of hog's-lard melted,
and mix all thoroughly together. The ointment
of tutty is prepared with levigated tutty, and as
much viper's fat as will make it into a soft ointment :
these are only to be mixed together upon a marble,
by working
them with a thin knife. This is
for disorders of the eyes, the foregoing for the
itch, and many other complaints, but it must be
used cautiously. And those which were before
named for old sores.
Of the same nature with the ointments, are, ia
some degree, the oils made by infusion, of herbs
and flowers in common oil. These are also very
easily prepared, and an instance or two will serve
to explain the making of them all. The most
regarded among
these is the oil of St. John's-
wort, and that is thus made ; pick clean a quarter
of a pound of the flowers of common St. JohnV
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