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Preparations and Compositions. Part III

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This ointment is used for cleansing sores, and keepingdown fungous flesh. Where ulcers continue to run from aweakness in the vessels of the parts, the tonic powers of cop-per promise considerable advantage.

It is also frequently used with advantage in cases of ophthal-mia, depending on scrofula, where the palpebral are princi-pally affected; but when it is to be thus applied, it is, in ge-neral, requisite that it should be somewhat weakened by theaddition of a proportion of simple ointment or hogs lard.

Unguentum oxidi zinci impuri. Ed.Ointment of Impure Oxide of Zinc.Take of

Simple liniment, five parts;

Prepared impure oxide of zinc, one part.

Unguentum tutije. Dub.Ointment of Tuttv.Take of y

Ointment of white wax, ten ounces ;Prepared tutty, two ounces.Mi^ke into an ointment.

Unguentum oxidi zinci. Ed*Ointment of Oxide of Zinc.Take of

Simple liniment, six parts ;

Oxide of zinc, one part. .

Dub.Take of

Ointment of white wax, one pound;

Oxide of zinc, an ounce and a half.Make into an ointment.

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Unguentum zinci. Lond.Ointment of Zinc.Take of

Oxide of zinc, one ounce;Prepared lard, six ounces;Mix.

Thfse ointments are chiefly used in affections of the eye,particularly in those caSes where redness arises rather fromrelaxation than from active inflammation.