cerate

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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

"I am willing—yes, I can say I am anxious, even—to go into battle," he continued, while Dr. Paul Denslow laid plasters of simple cerate on the abraded palms, and then swathed them in bandages.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

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

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

A little simple cerate should be spread on lint, and be applied every morning to the part affected, and a white-bread poultice, every night, until it is quite healed.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry

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