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Cerate

noun
1.
A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.





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... 52, has two ulcers a little above the outer ankle, one the size of half-a-crown, the other, of a shilling, of four months duration, which are now in a healing state by the application of cerate and poultice; the healing process is going on very slowly. These ulcers were caused by a fall which bruised the part but made no wound at the time; two small spots, which she compared to the pustules of small-pox, formed, broke, and gave rise ...
— An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers • John Higginbottom


Words linked to "Cerate" :   camphor ice, balm, unguent, ointment, unction, salve


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