cerate

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M. M. Cover the eruption with cerate made with lapis calaminaris, to be renewed every day.

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

He extracted this, and, until cicatrization was complete, he dressed the stump with saturnine cerate.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

After its removal, the part may be exposed, or, if very painful, smeared over with fresh cream or common cerate.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas

Liquor carbonis detergens, in ointment, one to three drachms to the ounce of simple cerate and lanolin is a mild tarry application which is often useful.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Their smart upon the mind is like cantharides on the skin but often requires something more than a cabbage leaf and cerate to heal it.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll