cerate

Example Sentences

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Before the hands are washed, rub them thoroughly with a little of the cerate, then wash them as usual.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

Rub them together thoroughly, or melt the cerate and stir in the tincture while hot, and the oil as soon as it is nearly cold, then run into molds or rolls.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph

When ulcers form they should be poulticed with bread and water for a day or two, and then dressed with calamine cerate.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Use this blister: Simple cerate, 4 ounces; cantharides, 3 drachms; bin iodide mercury, 2 drachms.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

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)