cerate

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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

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

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

Treatment.—The treatment for inflammation of the vein is to clip the hair from along the course of the affected vessel and apply a blister, the cerate of cantharides.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Putting the cerate on before retiring answers very well.

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

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