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Ointment of British oil

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Historical use wording: the same pur- pose, viz, of resolving white swellings, and procuring the suppuration of indolent tumors

Source: Pharmacopoeia and materia medica : composed for the use of young physicians, and especially intended to accompany the pathological system of medicine by Bell, John, 1763-1820; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815), materia-206-1.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • British oil: 206 Naphtha. — murias ammonia. — squills. « with axunge, in the proportion of an ounce of acid to Iialf a pound of ointment, is used for the same pur- pose, viz, of resolving white swellings, and procuring the suppuration of indolent tumors ; it is besides useful also in the itch, and in herpetic eruptions, AU the varieties of bitumen , or mineral oil, whether the i finer Naphtha and Petroleum, which comes from Moden

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: 206 Naphtha. — murias ammonia. — squills. « with axunge, in the proportion of an ounce of acid to Iialf a pound of ointment, is used for the same pur- pose, viz, of resolving white swellings, and procuring the suppuration of indolent tumors ; it is besides useful also in the itch, and in herpetic eruptions, AU the varieties of bitumen , or mineral oil, whether the i finer Naphtha and Petroleum, which comes from Modena » in Italy ; the Barbadoes tar, brought from the islands of j the West Indies ; or finally, the coarser bitumen dis- I tilled from pit-coal, and known among the vulgar by | the name of British oil, are all found very efficacious in chronic rheumatisms, in white swellings, and in glan- i dular diseases.

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  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
  • Automated review flags: high risk botanical.
Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Pharmacopoeia and materia medica : composed for the use of young physicians, and especially intended to accompany the pathological system of medicine — Pharmacopoeia and materia medica : composed for the use of young physicians, and especially intended to accompany the pathological system of medicinePrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at materia-206-1.
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