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OINTMENTS, LINIMENTS,

Unguentum citrinum.

Take of Pure Nitric aeid, eight fluidouncesand six fluidrachms ;

Mercury, four ounces;

Axunge, fifteen ounces;

Olive-oil, thirty-two fluidounces.Dissolve the mercury in the acid with theaid of a gentle heat. Melt the axunge inthe oil with the aid of a moderate heat in avessel capable of holding six times the quan-tity ; and while the mixture is hot, add theSolution of mercury, also hot, and mix themthoroughly. If the mixture do not frothup, increase the heat a little tili this takeplace. Keep this ointment in earthen-warevessels, or in glass-vessels secluded from thelight.

Unguentum cocculi.

Take any convenient quantity of CocculusIndicus, separate and preserve the kerneis,beat them well in a mortar, first alone andthen with a little axunge ; and then addaxunge tili it amounts altogether to fivetimes the weight of the kerneis.

Unguentum cheasoti.

Take of Axunge, three ounces ;Creasote, one drachm.Melt the Axunge, add the Creasote, stir