6*4 Preparations and Compositions. Part III.

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TUM EP1SPASTICUM M1TIUS. Ed.

Ointment of Infusion of Cantharides, formerly called Milder

Epispastic Ointment.Take of

Cantharides,

Pine resin,

Yellow wax, each one part;

Hogs lard,

Venice turpentine, each two parts ;

Boiling water, four parts.Macerate the cantharides in the water for a night; then

strongly press out and strain the liquor, and boil it with.

the lard till the water be consumed; then add the resin

and wax; and, when these are melted, take the ointment

off the fire, and add the turpentine.

Unguentum lytxs:. Lond.Ointment of Spanish Flies.Take of

Spanish flies, in very fine powder, two ounces ;Distilled water, eight fluidounces ;Cerate of resin, eight ounces.Boil the water with the flies to one half, and mix the ceratewith the filtered liquor, and then evaporate to a proper con-sistence.

Ointments, containing the soluble parts of the cantha-rides, uniformly blended with the other ingredients, aremore commodious, and in general occasion less pain, thoughlittle less effectual in, their action, than the compositions withthe fly in substance. A very good stimulating liniment iscomposed by melting one part of this with half a part of cam-phor in powder, and three parts of turpentine.

Unguentum pulveris meloes vesicator.ii ; olim Unguen-tum EPISPASTICUM FORTIUS. Ed.

Ointment of the Powder of Spanish Flies, formerly Stronger

Epispastic Ointment.Take of

Resinous ointment, seven parts;

Powdered cantharides, one part.

Unguentum cantharidis. Dub.Ointment of Spanish Flies.Take ofOintment of yellow wax, half a pound;