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Source: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1740), narrative-offset-213168.
Ingredients or materials as extracted
- Unguentum Aigyptiacum: of Verdigreafe, reduced to fine powder, five ounces 3 of Honey, four¬ teen ounces; of Vinegar, feven ounces
Method as extracted
- Mix according to the source passage: Egyptian Ointment . * TAKE of Verdigreafe, reduced to fine powder, five ounces 3 of Honey, four¬ teen ounces; of Vinegar, feven ounces; boil them together, over a gentle fire, to the con- fiflence of an Unguent Unguentum Album, T’he white Ointment . Take of unripe Oil-Olive, three pints; of Cerufe, a pound ; of white Wax, nine ounces; and % This medicine Teems to be improperly call’d an oint¬ ment, as it receives no oil, or other unctuous ingredient in its compaction ; it is alfo generally made To thin, or elfe becomes To by the fettling of the Verdigreafe, as not to re- femble an unguent in confidence : it is however of confi- derable virtues, and frequently ufed externally by chirur- geons, to keep down fungous flefh, take off excrefcences, and the like ; but being in many cafes too fharp and cor- rofive, Dr.
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Primary and supporting references
- Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh — Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in EdinburghPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-213168.