cerate

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Afterwards cerate joined with some metallic calx, as of zinc or lead, or solution of lead, mercury, or copper, or iron, which may stimulate the absorbent system into stronger action.

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

Carbolic acid and cerate were applied to the arm, with stimulants internally.

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

Make it warm, get ready cloths, cerate, greasy wool and bandages for his ankle.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

A man's life, the perspiration of an entire existence, is secreted in this layer of mouldy cerate.

From Over Strand and Field by Flaubert, Gustave

Poultice for a few days, then cerate of lapis calaminaris, as in herpes.

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