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Ointment againft the itch

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Source: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Faithfully translated from the fourth edition. With useful notes on the materia medica and practical observations on the preparations both simple and compound ; To which are added, the prescriptions as well extemporaneous and officinal, in the use at the Royal Hospital (1748), paragraph-3328.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • roots of Elecampane, and thofe of Sharp-pointed Dock, of each, cut fmall and bruifed, three ounces
  • Boil them in a mixture of three pints of Water, and one pint of Vinegar, till half of the liquor is wafted ; ftrongly prefs and (train out the remaining half, and add to it ten ounces of the leaves of Water-creftes, freftv gathered and bruifed, and four pounds of Hogs Lard
  • Let them all boil again till the moifture is exhaled j then prefs out the ointment, and diffolve in it four ounces of yellow Wax, and the fame quantity of Oil of Bays

Method as extracted

  1. Take roots of Elecampane, and thofe of Sharp-pointed Dock, of each, cut fmall and bruifed, three ounces.
  2. Boil them in a mixture of three pints of Water, and one pint of Vinegar, till half of the liquor is wafted ; ftrongly prefs and (train out the remaining half, and add to it ten ounces of the leaves of Water-creftes, freftv gathered and bruifed, and four pounds of Hogs Lard.
  3. Let them all boil again till the moifture is exhaled j then prefs out the ointment, and diffolve in it four ounces of yellow Wax, and the fame quantity of Oil of Bays.
  4. Mix the whole well together.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, not marked promotable. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

External use only

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  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

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Primary and supporting references

  1. The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Faithfully translated from the fourth edition. With useful notes on the materia medica and practical observations on the preparations both simple and compound ; To which are added, the prescriptions as well extemporaneous and officinal, in the use at the Royal Hospital — The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Faithfully translated from the fourth edition. With useful notes on the materia medica and practical observations on the preparations both simple and compound ; To which are added, the prePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-3328.
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