Ointment of Lead , commonly called the

Automated live-review record

This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: The dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh (1727), paragraph-2099.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• of Litharge of Gold, and red Lead, each a pound 5 of Vinegar, four pints 5 and boil them together till one half of the liquor is wafted $ then ftrain off the other; to the re- mainder add the fame quantity of Vinegar, and proceed to boil and ftrain as before, till the operation {hall have been performed ftx fcveral times :
• of this Extract, and of white Wax, each three ounces j of Oil-Olive, a pound : and mix them together, according to the rules of art, fo as to make an Ointment *

Method as extracted

1. Take of Litharge of Gold, and red Lead, each a pound 5 of Vinegar, four pints 5 and boil them together till one half of the liquor is wafted $ then ftrain off the other; to the re- mainder add the fame quantity of Vinegar, and proceed to boil and ftrain as before, till the operation {hall have been performed ftx fcveral times :
2. Then mix all the parcels of ftrain d liquor -together, in a glazed earthen veftel, and exhale them to the confidence of an Extraft:
3. Take of this Extract, and of white Wax, each three ounces j of Oil-Olive, a pound : and mix them together, according to the rules of art, fo as to make an Ointment *.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, quality score below 70, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.