Ointment of Leaf commonly called the

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Source: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh (1730), paragraph-2048.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• of Litharge of Gold, and red Leac each a pound 5 of Vinegar, four pints 5 an boil them together till one half of the liquc is wafted 5 then ftrain off the others to the r< mainder add the fame quantity of Vinega and proceed to boil and ftrain as before, ti the operation fhall have been performed f feveral times :
• of this Extraft, and of whi Wax, each three ounces s of Oil-Olive, pound : and mix them together, according 1 the rules of art, fo as to make an Ointment Unguentum Tutias

Method as extracted

1. Take of Litharge of Gold, and red Leac each a pound 5 of Vinegar, four pints 5 an boil them together till one half of the liquc is wafted 5 then ftrain off the others to the r< mainder add the fame quantity of Vinega and proceed to boil and ftrain as before, ti the operation fhall have been performed f feveral times :
2. Then mix all the parcels < ftrain d liquor together, in a glazed earthc vefiel, and exhale them to the confidence c an Extract:
3. Take of this Extraft, and of whi Wax, each three ounces s of Oil-Olive, pound : and mix them together, according 1 the rules of art, fo as to make an Ointment Unguentum Tutias.

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